The First Occurrence of the Pen Shell Pinna nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Samandağ coast, the northeastern Mediterranean

Year 2021, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 49 - 53, 01.06.2021

Cemal Turan , Servet Doğdu

https://doi.org/10.52998/trjmms.908055

Abstract

Pinna nobilis is distributed in the northwest area of the Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea. In this study, on 9 September 2020, one specimen of Pinna nobilis, the pen shell, was observed during scuba diving at a depth of 16 m off Samandag coast (36.259444° N, 35.810111° E), the northeastern Mediterranean Sea. In this study, we observed for the first time P. nobilis from the Mediterranean Coast of Turkey, the Samandag coast. In this region, the presence of P. nobilis has never been previously recorded, and this new record confirms the presence of a new location in the Mediterranean Sea.

Keywords

Pinna nobilis, record, pen shell, critically endangered, IUCN Red List

Supporting Institution

UNDP

Project Number

MarIAS project

Thanks

This study is supported by the UNDP-MarIAS project.

Türkiye Kıyı Sularında Spicara flexuosa Rafinesque (1810) için Yeni Bir Maksimum Uzunluk Kaydı

Abstract

Delici midye Pinna nobilis Akdeniz'in kuzeybatı bölgesinde ve Ege Denizi'nde dağılım göstermektedir. Bu çalışmada, 9 Eylül 2020 tarihinde, kuzeydoğu Akdeniz'deki Samandağ sahilinde (36.259444° K, 35.810111° D) 16 m derinlikte aletli dalış sırasında bir adet Pinna nobilis gözlenmiştir. Bu bölgede P. nobilis'in varlığı daha önce kaydedilmemiştir. Bu yeni kayıt, Kuzeydoğu Akdeniz'de yeni bir konumun varlığını bildirmektedir.

Keywords

Bivalve, Pinna nobilis, delici midye, yeni dağılım alanı

Project Number

MarIAS project

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