Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Ostreida > Superfamily Pinnoidea > Family Pinnidae > Genus Atrina

Atrina fragilis (Pennant, 1777)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Pinna Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Atrina*	Gray, 1842	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pinna aradasii*	Maravigna, 1851	synonym
*Pinna borealis*	Laskey, 1811	synonym; nom. nud.
*Pinna elegans*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Pinna gemmellarii*	Maravigna, 1851	synonym
*Pinna ingens*	Pennant, 1777	synonym
*Pinna jojenia*	Aradas, 1847	synonym
*Pinna laevis*	Donovan, 1803	synonym
*Pinna papyracea*	W. Turton, 1822	synonym
*Pinna pectinata var. angusta*	Weinkauff, 1868	synonym
*Pinna pectinata var. fundazzensis*	De Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Pinna pectinata var. spinulosa*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1890	synonym
*Pinna philippii*	Aradas, 1847	synonym
*Pinna truncata*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Pinna pectinata*	Linnaeus, 1767 sensu Pennant, 1812	misapplied name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: fan mussel; fragile fanshell; fragile penshell sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Zerbrechliche Steckmuschel sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Λεπτή πίννα

Literature

basis of record	Schultz, P. W.; Huber, M. (2013). Revision of the worldwide Recent Pinnidae and some remarks of fossil European Pinnidae. Acta Conchyliorum. 13: 1-164.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Atrina fragilis (Pennant, 1777). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146524