Streptopinna
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pteriida |
Family: | Pinnidae |
Genus: | Streptopinna von Martens, 1850 |
Species: | S. saccata
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Binomial name | |
Streptopinna saccata |
Streptopinna is an Indo-Pacific genus of bivalve molluscs characterized by a roughly triangular outline. There is only one species Streptopinna saccata.
Description
[edit]No two 'Baggy Pen Shells' are alike: they grow into unexpected shapes, conforming to the shape and position of other hard structures (rocks,
coral skeletons, empty shells) in their immediate environment.
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Distribution
[edit]Warm waters of the tropical Indian and western Pacific oceans.
Habitat
[edit]Buried in sandy bottoms.