Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Baggy Pen Shell being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pinna carnea
- Atrina squamifera
- Pinctada imbricata
- Pinctada margaritifera
- Pinctada radiata
- Pinctada mazatlanica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Ostreida
- Family
- Pinnidae
- Genus
- Pinna
- Species
- Pinna saccata
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