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Streptopinna saccata Baggy Pen Shell

Streptopinna saccata is commonly referred to as Baggy 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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Pinna saccata,Majuro Atoll, RMI 2023 (CC BY-NC 4.0)


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lexID:
18219 
AphiaID:
216656 
Scientific:
Streptopinna saccata 
German:
Sack-Steckmuschel 
English:
Baggy Pen Shell 
Category:
Muslinger 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Ostreida (Order) > Pinnidae (Family) > Streptopinna (Genus) > saccata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, China, Christmas Islands, Clipperton Island, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Costa Rica, East-Atlantic Ocean, Fiji, French Polynesia, Hawaii, India, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, KwaZulu-Natal (Province East Coast South Africa), Madagascar, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Mozambique, Okinawa, Persian Gulf, Philippines, Polynesia, Red Sea, São Tomé e Principé, South-Africa, South-Pazific, Sri Lanka, Tansania, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Kermadec Islands, the Seychelles, Timor Sea 
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:
5 - 20 Meter 
Habitats:
Lagoons, On living corals, Rock crevices, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
3.54" - 7.87" (9cm - 20cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, No reliable information available, Plankton, Suspension feeder 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-03-15 19:57:04 

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Streptopinna saccata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonymised names
Pinna (Streptopinna) saccata (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation
Pinna nuttalli Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pinna picta Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pinna saccata Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pinna saccata var. similis W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted > unavailable name (Unavailable variation name....)
Pinna vitrea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Streptopinna saccata inusitata Iredale, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (1)
Subspecies Streptopinna saccata inusitata Iredale, 1927 accepted as Streptopinna saccata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

External links

  1. researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 15.03.2026.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 15.03.2026.

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