Pinna bicolor Bicolor Pen Shell, Common Razor Clam, Two-coloured Pen Shell

Pinna bicolor is commonly referred to as Bicolor Pen Shell, Common Razor Clam, Two-coloured 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:

11244 

AphiaID:

207896 

Scientific:

Pinna bicolor 

German:

Zweifarbige Steckmuschel 

English:

Bicolor Pen Shell, Common Razor Clam, Two-coloured Pen Shell 

Category:

Bivalves 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Ostreida (Order) > Pinnidae (Family) > Pinna (Genus) > bicolor (Species) 

Initial determination:

Gmelin, 1791 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Kuwait, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Irak, Japan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, Timor, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 50 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Gravel soil, Muddy grounds, Patch Reefs, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

15.75" - 19.69" (40cm - 50cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°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:

• Pinna angustana
• Pinna atropurpurea
• Pinna attenuata
• Pinna bichi
• 
  Pinna bicolor
  Zweifarbige Steckmuschel
• 
  Pinna carnea
  Steckmuschel
• Pinna cellophana
• Pinna deltodes
• Pinna dolabrata
• Pinna electrina
• Pinna epica
• Pinna exquisita
• Pinna fimbriatula
• Pinna incurva
• Pinna linguafelis
• Pinna madida
• Pinna menkei
• 
  Pinna muricata
  Steckmuschel
• 
  Pinna nobilis
  Große Steckmuschel, Zebramuschel, Edle Steckmuschel
• Pinna papyracea
• Pinna rapanui
• 
  Pinna rudis
  Stachelige Steckmuschel, Durchsichtige Steckmuschel, Raue Schinkenmuschel
• Pinna rugosa
• Pinna sanguinolenta
• Pinna trigonalis
• Pinna trigonium
• Pinna wayae
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pinna sp.
  Steckmuschel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-11-26 17:26:37 

Last edit:

2025-03-16 17:20:55 

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