Pinna nobilis
Species of bivalve / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Live specimen of Pinna nobilis, in Levanto, Liguria (Italy) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pteriida |
Superfamily: | Pinnoidea |
Family: | Pinnidae |
Genus: | Pinna |
Species: | P. nobilis |
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It reaches up to 120 cm (4 ft) of shell length.[3] It produces a rare manganese-containing porphyrin protein known as pinnaglobin.[4]