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Chautard's pen shell

Atrina chautardi (Nicklès, 1953)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The chautard's pen shell (Atrina chautardi) is a species in the family Pinnidae, order Ostreida.

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Quick facts about the chautard's pen shell

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the chautard's pen shell live?

Not recorded

Is the chautard's pen shell endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the chautard's pen shell classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderOstreida
  5. familyPinnidae
  6. genusAtrina
  7. SpeciesAtrina chautardi (Nicklès, 1953)

Synonyms Pinna chautardi

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the chautard's pen shell

Other species in the same genus Atrina.

Fan mussel

Atrina pectinata

PinnidaeNo free photo yet

Fan mussel

Atrina fragilis

PinnidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the chautard's pen shell?

The chautard's pen shell (Atrina chautardi) belongs to the family Pinnidae in the order Ostreida.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Chautard's pen shell (Atrina chautardi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chautards-pen-shell

MLA

“Chautard's pen shell (Atrina chautardi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chautards-pen-shell.

BibTeX
@misc{chautards_pen_shell_2026,
  title = {Chautard's pen shell (Atrina chautardi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chautards-pen-shell},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}