Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International Malacology Symposium, Muğla, Türkiye, 25 - 28 Ekim 2022, ss.27
The fan mussel, Pinna nobilis, is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea but almost all population are facing
to under threat of extinction cause of mostly microorganisms. Mycobacterium sp., Vibrio spp.,
Haplosporidium pinnae and Perkinsus sp. were found to be associated with diseases in fan mussels
lived different area of Mediterranean sea. Especially H. pinnae spread very quickly and was very
effective in mass mortality. This study briefly summarizes fan mussel diseases and their status in
Turkey. The mortality information in Turkey waters, which was given without knowing the source of
death in 2018, became clear in 2021 when the causative agents were found to be Vibrio spp. and H.
pinnae co-infection. These findings were obtained from the fan mussels of Çanakkale Strait, and no
parasites were found in our research conducted in the Marmara Sea in 2020. Coastline monitoring
surveys should be routinely undertaken, given the ongoing mass mortality in fan mussels.