The pen shell, Pinna nobilis: A review of population status and recommended research priorities in the Mediterranean Sea

L Basso, M Vázquez-Luis, JR García-March… - Advances in marine …, 2015 - Elsevier
The pen shell Pinna nobilis (also known as the fan mussel) is an endemic bivalve of the
Mediterranean Sea. Threatened by human activities, it has been listed as an endangered …

Mass mortality in endangered fan mussels Pinna nobilis (Linnaeus 1758) caused by co-infection of Haplosporidium pinnae and multiple Vibrio infection in …

İE Künili, S Ertürk Gürkan, A Aksu, E Turgay, F Çakir… - Biomarkers, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Pinna nobilis (fan mussel) is one of the most important endemic bivalve molluscs in
the Mediterranean and mass mortality events were observed in these mussels in recent …

Pinna nobilis in the Greek seas (NE Mediterranean): on the brink of extinction?

M Zotou, P Gkrantounis… - Mediterranean …, 2020 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
The Mediterranean endemic fan mussel Pinna nobilis is suffering an ongoing basin-scale
mass mortality event (MME) since 2016. As most Mediterranean populations have …

Growth and mortality rates of the fan mussel Pinna nobilis in Lake Vouliagmeni (Korinthiakos Gulf, Greece): a generalized additive modelling approach

S Katsanevakis - Marine Biology, 2007 - Springer
The temporal patterns and the effect of shell size and depth on growth and mortality rates of
the endangered fan mussel Pinna nobilis were investigated in the marine Lake Vouliagmeni …

New kid in town: Pinna rudis spreads in the eastern Mediterranean

M Zotou, O Papadakis, G Catanese… - Mediterranean …, 2023 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
Abstract In the Mediterranean Sea, the genus Pinna encompasses two large fan-shaped
bivalve species, Pinna nobilis and Pinna rudis. Historically, both species coexisted in the …

Molluscan species of minor commercial interest in Hellenic seas: distribution, exploitation and conservation status

S Katsanevakis, E Lefkaditou… - Mediterranean …, 2008 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
Recognising the need for data gathering at taxon level besides the taxa of commercial
interest and those listed as endangered in the Protocol of the Barcelona Convention, but still …

Long-term assessment of recruitment, early stages and population dynamics of the endangered Mediterranean fan mussel Pinna nobilis in the Columbretes Islands …

DK Kersting, JR García-March - Marine environmental research, 2017 - Elsevier
A long-term experimental approach was undertaken to assess viability and resilience of the
endangered Mediterranean fan mussel Pinna nobilis. Artificial and natural recruitment …

[PDF][PDF] Bivalve mollusc exploitation in Mediterranean coastal communities: an historical approach

E Voultsiadou, D Koutsoubas, M Achparaki - Journal of Biological Research, 2010 - vliz.be
The aim of this work was to survey the early history of bivalve mollusc exploitation and
consumption in the Mediterranean coastal areas as recorded in the classical works of Greek …

Habitat use by a large population of Pinna nobilis in shallow waters

P Prado, N Caiola, C Ibáñez - Scientia Marina, 2014 - torrossa.com
We investigated the habitat use and size structure of the fan mussel, Pinna nobilis L. in the
Alfacs Bay (Ebro Delta, Spain, NW Mediterranean). Shore-parallel transects were conducted …

Spatial distribution modelling of the endangered bivalve Pinna nobilis in a Marine Protected Area

M Vázquez-Luis, D March… - Mediterranean …, 2014 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
The spatial distribution of Pinna nobilis densities have been analysed through a
geostatistical approach in the MPA of Cabrera National Park, Balearic Islands (Spain) …