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As Joseph Rosewater [1] commented in 1961: "“The Pinnidae have considerable economic importance in many parts of the world. They produce pearls of moderate value. In the Mediterranean area, material made from the holdfast or byssus of Pinna nobilis Linné has been utilized in the manufacture of clothing for many centuries: gloves, shawls, stockings and cloaks.
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]
Pinna is a genus of bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Pinnidae. [2] [3] The type species of the genus is Pinna rudis. [2] The most extensively studied species in the genus is P. nobilis, a Mediterranean pen shell which was historically important as the principal source of sea silk.
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The amber pen shell can be found in coastal western Atlantic waters, ranging from southern Florida across the Caribbean and the West Indies to Brazil. [2] [3] [4] [5]The amber pen shell is benthic and usually occurs in medium to coarse sand or mixed substrata (sand, gravel, rocks), in fine calcareous sandy mud of eelgrass (e.g. Zostera spp.), in sandy substrata of turtle grass (e.g. Thalassia ...
Atrina is a cosmopolitan genus of bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Pinnidae. A typical species is A. fragilis, found in British waters. A. rigida (Lightfoot, 1786) is found on the southeast coast of North America and in the West Indies. The type species is A. nigra (Dillwyn, 1817, originally P. nigra).
Atrina pectinata is a species of bivalves belonging to the family Pinnidae. [1] The species is found in the Old World. [1] They are important in commercial fishing in Asia. They have the common name of kijogae [pen shells]. [2] A. pectinata is a sedentary long-lived species that lives up to 7 years. [3]
Atrina rigida, commonly called the rigid pen shell, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Pinnidae. Description