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Scientists sound alarm over endangered species of clam
Marine experts have called for urgent action to deal with the dwindling population of the Pinna nobilis, or fan mussel - a large species of Mediterranean clam - in the Aegean due to a killer parasite.
Protected clam species transferred for bridge construction in Turkey's northwest
The protected fan mussel species Pinna nobilis, a large species of Mediterranean clam, has been transported to another area due to the construction of the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge in the northwestern province of Çanakkale.