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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lexID:

18219 

AphiaID:

216656 

Scientific:

Streptopinna saccata 

German:

Sack-Steckmuschel 

English:

Baggy Pen Shell 

Category:

Sea Shells 

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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  Streptopinna saccata
  Sack-Steckmuschel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-03-15 19:38:06 

Last edit:

2026-03-15 19:57:04 

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