[Article] 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 emblematic species in the Mediterranean and a bellwether for marine environmental health. But the giant mollusc is under mortal threat from a parasite that has ravaged populations since it was identified along Spanish coasts in 2016.
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At the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, a tragedy is unfolding… a mass die-off of the noble pen shell clam, one of the largest molluscs in the world. A tiny parasite identified in 2016 has already decimated populations off Spain and Corsica…and since November has been attacking giant clams...
