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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/41977| Title: | The noble fan-shell |
| Authors: | Schembri, Patrick J. |
| Keywords: | Clams -- Mediterranean Region Pterioida Mollusks |
| Issue Date: | 1986 |
| Publisher: | Gulf Publishing Ltd. |
| Citation: | Schembri, P. J. (1986). Maltese shrews. Civilization, 28, 783-784. |
| Abstract: | The Noble Fan-shell of the Mediterranean Sea was one of the first seashells to be studied - it was initially described by Aristotle of Stagira about the 4th Century BC. It is hardly surprising that this animal caught the attention of that first and among the greatest of marine biologists for not only is this Fan-shell the largest bivalve ·n the Mediterranean, it is also the largest shelled mollusc in the region . Shells up to 90 em in length are known so it is easy to see why the Fan-shell is called "Noble". It is equally easy to see why Fan-shells are called thus : the shell has the shape of a half-opened fan. An alternate name for these bivalves is "Pen-shells" but "Fanshells" is more descriptive. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/41977 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacSciBio |
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