Note:

Differisce dalla Nobilis per dimensione e numero di escrescenze sulle valve che persistono in età adulta.

Tassonomia:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (hatschek, 1888) cavalier-smith, 1983 - bilaterians
Branch: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - grobben, 1908 - protostomes
Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - molluscs
Class: Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 - bivalves
Subclass: Metabranchia
Superorder: Filibranchia
Order: Pteriomorpha
Superfamily: Pinnoidea
Family: Pinnidae Leach, 1819 - pen clams
Genus: Pinna Linnaeus, 1758
Specific name: rudis Linnaeus, 1758
Scientific name: Pinna rudis Linnaeus, 1758