Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Pterioida > Superfamily Pinnoidea > Family Pinnidae > Genus Pinna

Pinna nobilis Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pinna*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Pinna (Streptopinna)*	Martens, 1880	synonym
*Streptopinna*	Martens, 1880	synonym

Species group names

*Pinna ensiformis*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Pinna incurvata*	Born, 1778	synonym
*Pinna nigella*	Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Pinna nobilis var. dilatata*	Pallary, 1906	synonym
*Pinna nobilis var. gangisa*	de Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Pinna nobilis var. intermilla*	de Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Pinna nobilis var. latella*	de Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Pinna nobilis var. magus*	de Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Pinna nobilis var. nana*	Pallary, 1919	synonym
*Pinna nobilis var. pisciformis*	de Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Pinna nobilis var. polii*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1890	synonym
*Pinna nobilis var. rarisquama*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1890	synonym
*Pinna squammosa*	Requien, 1848	synonym
*Pinna squamosa*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: midhja si pendë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: blаgorodnа pinа; Благородна пина sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Catalan: nacre sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Corsican: gnaccara

English: noble pen shell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Noble Pen Shell sources: english PESI focal point

French: grande nacre; jamboneau de mer sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Edle; Edle Steckmuschel; große Steckmuschel; Schinkenmuschel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Greek: Πίνα; Πίννα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: astura; cozza penna; nacchera; pinna comune; pinna nobile sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: kilnioji pina sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: leščur; veliki leščur sources: Davorin Tome;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: nácar; nacra común sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: delici midye sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Пинна шляхетна

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
additional source	Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (358 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GenBank (40 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Pinna nobilis Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140780