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 ...

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 ...

A huge decline in the number of noble pen shells, an endangered species of Mediterranean clam, is happening in Croatia’s south, as scientists warn that the parasite causing the problem is spreading ...