species: Pinna muricata in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Pinna muricata


©Anne Hoggett: Pinna muricata in shallow water at night off Lizard Island Research Station. Aperture is about 9 cm wide.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Pterioida
Family Pinnidae
Genus Pinna
Species Pinna muricata

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References

  • Goggin, C.L. and R.J.G. Lester (1987). Occurrence of Perkinsus species (Protozoa, Apicomplexa) in bivalves from the Great Barrier Reef, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 3: 113-117. LIRS catalog number 237.
  • Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Tryonia, 4: 1-32. LIRS catalog number 403.