I found several hand-size shells on a Baja beach last winter, and learned they’re called pen shells. I would have named the translucent beauties fan shells, since they look like fluted fans decorated ...

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The Noble Pen Shell, part of the Pinnidae family, is found in the Mediterranean Sea and is the largest of all pen shells, reaching up to 4 feet in size. This shell is known for its beautiful copper ...

Ocheon Port, a harbor in northern Boryeong, South Chungcheong. It is a small port, but it becomes very busy from March to May. That is because the spring delicacy, pen shell, is in season. Ocheon Port ...

Diving in the cold November sea near the Croatian coast to check several submerged onion bags hanging on the suspended rope, Croatian marine biologists Silvija Kipson and Sandro Dujmović were in for a ...

The giant pen shell, or pinna nobilis, is found only in the Mediterranean Sea. But in 2016, a mass die-off occurred that nearly made them extinct. Now, some surviving specimens have been found off the ...

VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-MER, France (AFP) - With wing-shaped shells lined with iridescent mother-of-pearl and producing the fibres of rare and delicate sea silk, the noble pen shell clam is one of the most ...

ATHENS, Greece - A fan mussel found only in the Mediterranean was officially added to the list of critically endangered species, after scientists recorded a dramatic decline in its population numbers ...