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What is LIFE PINNARCA
LIFE PINNARCA is a European project devoted to the protection and restoration of the fan mussel Pinna nobilis populations in the Mediterranean Sea.
It is has been conducted with the contribution of the LIFE programme, the European Union’s financial instrument supporting environmental, nature conservation and climate action projects.
The main objective of LIFE PINNARCA is preventing the extinction of Pinna nobilis at the short-medium term, through public awareness and collaboration, gathering existing information on the remaining populations and developing active recovery actions.
The case
The fan mussel Pinna nobilis (Linnaeus, ), an endemic and protected bivalve of the Mediterranean Sea, is affected by a Mass Mortality Event (MME) provoked by the parasitic protozoan Haplosporidium pinnae started in in Spanish waters. The populations of Pinna nobilis in the open sea have almost completely disappeared from the Mediterranean coasts, with a mortality rate close to %. Countries such as France, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Montenegro and Croatia have already reported the impact of the MME. The spread of the disease i
LIFE PINNARCA
A European project focusing on the recovery of the fan mussel Pinna nobilis in the Mediterranean Sea
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Background
An unprecedented mass mortality event (MME) has affected the fan mussels (Pinna nobilis) since September The pandemics has killed 99% of the populations and only a few relict populations remain in sanctuary areas (deltas and marine coastal lagoons).
The aim of LIFE PINNARCA is avoiding the extinction of the species, involve citizen science in its protection and improve the environmental quality of the sanctuaries.
The results of this project will be applied to other marine species affected by pandemic diseases and the actions improve the environmental quality and monitoring of other relevant marine areas and species.
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Pinna nobilis
Species of bivalve
| Pinna nobilis | |
|---|---|
| Live specimen of Pinna nobilis, in Levanto, Liguria (Italy) | |
Conservation status | |
| 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 (Linnaeus, ) | |
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