Noble pen shell, Pinna nobilis, also known as the fan mussel, is a large clam of the family Pinnidae, the pen shells, endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. It is among the largest bivalve mollusks in the world, its tall, wedge-shaped shell anchoring upright in seagrass beds and soft sediment by a bundle of fine threads called byssus, historically collected and woven by hand into a rare fabric known as sea silk.
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In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Angola, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Malta, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Portugal, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Senegal, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, found in there.
Sources
1. GBIF Species API
2. Pinna nobilis (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q536444 (P225 taxon name)
- Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q536444
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): critically endangered.
- Child Taxon Of: Bivalvia, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source Pinna nobilis (Wikipedia)
In Biome: Marine, Lead sectionQuote, In Biome: Marine, Lead section
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.
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