| Pinnidae (pen shells) |
| 50 cm SHL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 18 years |
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benthic; marine; depth range 0 - 50 m |
| Indo-West Pacific: from East and southeast Africa, including Madagascar, Mauritius Island, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, to New Caledonia; north to Japan and south to South Australia. Generally absent from oceanic islands of the central Indian Ocean and the tropical West Pacific, but sporadically found in Hawaii. |
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| Species of minor economic importance, and collected for subsistence fisheries (Ref. 348). Maximum depth from Ref. 101118. |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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