Species of bivalve
Pinna nobilis
Live specimen of Pinna nobilis , in Levanto, Liguria (Italy)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Pteriida
Superfamily:
Pinnoidea
Family:
Pinnidae
Genus:
Pinna
Species:
P. nobilis
Binomial name
Pinna nobilis
Synonyms
Pinna (Pinna) nobilis Linnaeus, 1758 · accepted, alternate representation
Pinna aculeatosquamosa Martens, 1866
Pinna cornuformis Nardo, 1847
Pinna ensiformis Monterosato, 1884
Pinna gigas Röding, 1798
Pinna gigas Chemnitz
Pinna incurvata Born, 1778
Pinna nigella Gregorio, 1885
Pinna nobilis var. aequilatera Weinkauff, 1867
Pinna nobilis var. dilatata Pallary, 1906
Pinna nobilis var. gangisa de Gregorio, 1885
Pinna nobilis var. inaequilatera Weinkauff, 1867
Pinna nobilis var. intermilla de Gregorio, 1885
Pinna nobilis var. latella de Gregorio, 1885
Pinna nobilis var. maga de Gregorio, 1885
Pinna nobilis var. nana Pallary, 1919
Pinna nobilis var. pisciformis de Gregorio, 1885
Pinna nobilis var. polii Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1890
Pinna nobilis var. rarisquama Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1890
Pinna obeliscus Martens, 1866
Pinna saccata Poli, 1795 (invalid: junior homonym of Pinna saccata Linnaeus, 1758 ; Pinna ensiformis Monterosato, 1884 is a replacement name)
Pinna squammosa Requien, 1848
Pinna squamosa Gmelin, 1791
Pinna vulgaris Roissy, 1804
Pinna nobilis , whose common name is the noble pen shell or fan mussel , is a large species of Mediterranean clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pinnidae , the pen shells.[ 2]
It reaches up to 120 cm (4 ft) of shell length.[ 3] It produces a rare manganese -containing porphyrin protein known as pinnaglobin .[ 4]
^ Kersting, D.; Benabdi, M.; Čižmek, H.; Grau, A.; Jimenez, C.; Katsanevakis, S.; Öztürk, B.; Tuncer, S.; Tunesi, L.; Vázquez-Luis, M.; Vicente, N.; Otero Villanueva, M.M. (2019). "Pinna nobilis " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 : e.T160075998A160081499. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T160075998A160081499.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021 .
^ *Pinna gigas Chemnitz
^ Zavodnik, D., Hrs-Brenko, M., & Legac, M. (1991). Synopsis of the fan shell P. nobilis L. in the eastern Adriatic sea. In the C. F. Boudouresque, M. Avon, & V. Gravez (Eds.), Les Especes Marines a Proteger en Mediterranee (pp. 169–178). Marseille, France: GIS Posidonie publ.
^ "Manganese and "pinnaglobin" in Pinna nobilis" . Science Direct .