Species under Pinna
n= 21
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Pinna atropurpurea
Sowerby I, 1825
Northwest Pacific
Pinna attenuata
Reeve, 1858
Northwest Pacific
Pinna bicolor
Gmelin, 1791
Bicolor pen shell Indo-West Pacific 50
Pinna carnea
Gmelin, 1791
Amber penshell Western Atlantic and Western Central Pacific 28.8
Pinna cellophana
Matsukuma & Okutani, 1986
Northwest Pacific
Pinna deltodes
Menke, 1843
Eastern Indian Ocean
Pinna deltoes
Menke, 1843
Western Central Pacific
Pinna deltoides
Menke, 1843
Eastern Indian Ocean
Pinna dolabrata
Lamarck, 1819
Eastern Indian Ocean
Pinna epica
Jousseaume, 1894
Western Pacific
Pinna exquisita
Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Eastern Central Pacific
Pinna incurva
Gmelin, 1791
Indo-Pacific
Pinna linguafelis
(Habe, 1953)
Northwest Pacific
Pinna muricata
Linnaeus, 1758
Prickly pen shell Indo-Pacific 31
Pinna nobilis
Linnaeus, 1758
Noble pen shell Endemic to the Mediterranean Sea 120
Pinna pumata
Hanley, 1858
Western Central Pacific
Pinna rudis
Linnaeus, 1758
Rough pen shell Eastern Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea 56.5
Pinna rugosa
Sowerby I, 1835
Rugose pen shell Eastern Pacific and Northeast Atlantic
Pinna saccata
Linnaeus, 1758
Baggy pen shell Indo-Pacific
Pinna trigonium
Dunker, 1852
Western Central Pacific
Pinna zebuensis
Reeve, 1858
Western Central Pacific
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