Pinna nobilis
| Pinna nobilis | |
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| Live specimen of Pinna nobilis, in Levanto, Liguria (Italy) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pteriida |
| Superfamily: | Pinnoidea |
| Family: | Pinnidae |
| Genus: | Pinna |
| Species: | P. nobilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pinna nobilis | |
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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.