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    Atrina - Wikipedia

    Atrina is a cosmopolitan genus of bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Pinnidae. A typical species is A. fragilis, found in British waters. A. rigida (Lightfoot, 1786) is found on the southeast coast of North America and in the West Indies. The type species is A. nigra (Dillwyn, 1817, originally P. nigra). Atrina is … See more

    Molluscs within this genus are characterized by elongated, wedge-shaped shells, distinguished from the genus See more

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    Species within the genus Atrina include:
    • Atrina affinis Sowerby, 1821†
    • Atrina argentea Conrad, 1848† See more

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    Atrina is a cosmopolitan genus of bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Pinnidae . A typical species is A. fragilis, found in British waters. A. rigida ( Lightfoot, 1786) is found on the southeast coast of North America and in the West Indies. The type species is A. nigra ( Dillwyn, 1817, originally P. nigra ).
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    A. rigida ( Lightfoot, 1786) is found on the southeast coast of North America and in the West Indies. The type species is A. nigra ( Dillwyn, 1817, originally P. nigra ). Atrina is considered to represent the more primitive form within the Pinnidae; however, both genera Pinna and Atrina are very ancient.
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    Adult Atrina fragilis embedded in sea bed. Distribution data supplied by the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS). To interrogate UK data visit the NBN Atlas. One of Britain’s largest and most threatened molluscs. It has a light golden or yellow-brown to dark brown shell reaching 30-48 cm long.
    Atrina is considered to represent the more primitive form within the Pinnidae; however, both genera Pinna and Atrina are very ancient. The genus Atrina is represented within the fossil record from the Triassic period to the Quaternary period (age range: 242.0 to 0.0 million years ago). These fossils have been found all over the world.
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    WEBDescriptive notes. Distribution North Sea, British Isles southwards to Mauritania (17°52'N); throughout the Mediterranean. Taxonomy Atrina fragilis has long been mistaken for "Pinna" pectinata Linnaeus, 1767, …

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