Atrina pectinata Comb pen shell

Atrina pectinata is commonly referred to as Comb pen shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

11886 

AphiaID:

140779 

Scientific:

Atrina pectinata 

German:

Steckmuschel 

English:

Comb Pen Shell 

Category:

Bivalvi 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Ostreida (Order) > Pinnidae (Family) > Atrina (Genus) > pectinata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1767 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Dampier Archipelago, the Black Sea, the North Sea, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Corea, East Africa, European Coasts, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Madeira, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Melanesia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, South-Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, Timor, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 200 Meter 

Size:

10.24" - 14.57" (26cm - 37cm) 

Temperature:

33.8 °F - 102.2 °F (1°C - 39°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Atrina assimilis
• Atrina chautardi
• Atrina chinensis
• Atrina cumingii
• Atrina exusta
• Atrina fragilis
• Atrina hystrix
• Atrina inflata
• Atrina japonica
• Atrina kinoshitai
• Atrina lischkeana
• Atrina marquesana
• Atrina maura
• Atrina oldroydii
• 
  Atrina pectinata
  Steckmuschel
• Atrina penna
• Atrina pini
• Atrina recta
• Atrina rigida
• Atrina seminuda
• Atrina serra
• Atrina serrata
• Atrina squamifera
• Atrina strangei
• Atrina tasmanica
• Atrina teramachii
• Atrina texta
• Atrina tuberculosa
• 
  Atrina vexillum
  Flaggen-Steckmuschel
• 
  Atrina zelandica
  Steckmuschel
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-01-07 13:57:28 

Last edit:

2019-01-07 18:37:45 

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