Pinna nobilis

Pinna nobilis
Live specimen of Pinna nobilis, in Levanto, Liguria (Italy)
Scientific classification Edit this 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, known by the common names noble pen shell and 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]

  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.
  2. ^ *Pinna gigas Chemnitz
  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.