| Pinna nobilis
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| Live specimen of Pinna nobilis, in Levanto, Liguria (Italy)
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Mollusca
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| Class:
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Bivalvia
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| Order:
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Pteriida
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| Superfamily:
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Pinnoidea
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| Family:
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Pinnidae
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| Genus:
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Pinna
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| Species:
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P. nobilis
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| Binomial name
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Pinna nobilis
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| Synonyms
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- 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
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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.
It reaches up to 120 cm (4 ft) of shell length. It produces a rare manganese-containing porphyrin protein known as pinnaglobin.