Pinna nobilis

Pinna nobilis
	Live specimen of Pinna nobilis, in Levanto, Liguria (Italy)
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
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; (Linnaeus, 1758)
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.

[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] 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.

[WoRMS-2] *Pinna gigas Chemnitz

[Zavodnik-3] 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.

[4] "Manganese and "pinnaglobin" in Pinna nobilis". Science Direct.

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Pinna nobilis

Live specimen of Pinna nobilis, in Levanto, Liguria (Italy)
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
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* (Linnaeus, 1758)
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

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