APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Pinnoidea (Superfamily) > Pinnidae (Family)
Atrina
Atrina fragilis (Pennant, 1777) - Fan mussel
Pinna
Pinna carnea Gmelin, 1791
- Amber pen shell (non-native species)
Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pterioida (Order) > Pterioidea (Superfamily) > Pteriidae (Family)
Isognomon
Isognomon bicolor (C. B. Adams, 1845)
- Bicolor purse-oyster (not-native species)
Isognomon radiatus (Anton, 1838)
- Radial purse-oyster or Lister's tree oyster (non-native species)
Pinctada
Pinctada imbricata imbricata Röding, 1798
- Atlantic Pearl Oyster (non-native species)
Pteria
Pteria colymbus (Röding, 1798)
- Atlantic winged oyster (non-native species)
Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) - European wing oyster
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Other members of the order Pterioida
From the authors collection of foreign shells,
species not recorded in the United Kingdom.
Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pterioida (Order) >
Pinnoidea (Superfamily) > Pinnidae (Family)
Atrina
Atrina rigida (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Stiff pen shell (Florida, USA)
Pinna
Pinna dolabrata Lamarck, 1819
- A Pen shell or Fan-mussel (Australia)
Pinna rudis Linnaeus, 1758
- Rough pen shell or Spiny fan-mussel (Angola)
Streptopinna
Streptopinna saccata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Baggy pen shell (Hawaii)
Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pterioida (Order) > Pterioidea (Superfamily) > Pteriidae (Family)
Isognomon
Isognomon alatus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Flat tree oyster (Cuba and Panama)
Isognomon ephippium (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Saddle tree oyster (Philippines)
Isognomon isognomum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Wader tree oyster (Philippines)
Isognomon perna (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Brown purse oyster / shell (Philippines)
Pinctada
Pinctada albina sugillata (Reeve, 1857)
- A Pearl oyster (Australia)
Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Black-lip pearl oyster (Philippines)
