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Bivalvia Pterioida Pinnidae
Atrina (Atrina) squamifera (Sowerby, 1835)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Pinna pernula (non Roeding, 1798) auct.
Pinna squamifera Sowerby, 1835
?Pinna afra Sowerby, 1835
Pinna capensis Krauss, 1848
Pinna kraussii Hanley, 1858
Pinna dorbignyi Hanley, 1858
Atrina alfredensis Bartsch, 1915
Pinna whitechurchi Turton, 1932
Pinna rufanensis Turton, 1932
Pinna segmenta Turton, 1932
Distribution
East coast of South Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
Kilburn, R. N. .
Keywords
exposure: sheltered [ Lives in quiet water, probably in bays and other sheltered areas
]
salinity: brackish [ Collected in lower portions of rivers
]
substrate: mud
substrate: sand
References
Barnard, K.H. 1964. p.418 General reference
Fischer-Piette, E. 1974. p.39 General reference
Kilburn, R. N. . General reference
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. 1982. p.167, pl. 37, fig. 10, textfig. 128 General reference
Rosewater, J. 1961. p.207 General reference
Rosewater, J. 1961. p.209 Synonomy
Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. 1998. p.206, fig. 837 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Pterioida
Pinnoidea
Pinnidae Leach, 1819
Atrina Gray, 1842
Atrina (Atrina) Gray, 1842
Atrina (Atrina) squamifera (Sowerby, 1835)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=33723) created by Holly Barlow on 2000-11-20. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-09-07.