WoRMS taxon details
Pinctada nigra (A. Gould, 1850)
564657 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:564657)
accepted
Species
Avicula nigra A. Gould, 1850 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Avicula nigra A. Gould, 1850) Gould, A. A. (1850). [descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 151-156, 169–172, 214-218, 252–256, 275–278, 292–296, 309–312, 343–348., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870453
page(s): 309. [details]
page(s): 309. [details]
Type locality contained in Singapore
type locality contained in Singapore [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pinctada nigra (A. Gould, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564657 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Avicula nigra A. Gould, 1850) Gould, A. A. (1850). [descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 151-156, 169–172, 214-218, 252–256, 275–278, 292–296, 309–312, 343–348., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870453
page(s): 309. [details]
page(s): 309. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). <i>BMC Evolutionary Biology</i> 10: 342., available online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2148-10-342.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 161. [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 204 [details]
additional source Kilburn R.N. (1973). The type material of South African marine Mollusca in the Natal Museum collection. Part 1. Bivalvia. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):697-711. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 161. [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 204 [details]
additional source Kilburn R.N. (1973). The type material of South African marine Mollusca in the Natal Museum collection. Part 1. Bivalvia. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):697-711. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ムラサキチョウガイ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Pinctada nigra cf.)
To Conchology (Pinctada nigra)
To Conchology (Pinctada nigra)
To Conchology (Pinctada nigra)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pinctada nigra)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Avicula nigra A. Gould, 1850)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Avicula nigra Holotype USNM 5939) (from synonym Avicula nigra A. Gould, 1850)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Avicula nigra A. Gould, 1850)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Pinctada nigra cf.)
To Conchology (Pinctada nigra)
To Conchology (Pinctada nigra)
To Conchology (Pinctada nigra)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pinctada nigra)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Avicula nigra A. Gould, 1850)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Avicula nigra Holotype USNM 5939) (from synonym Avicula nigra A. Gould, 1850)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Avicula nigra A. Gould, 1850)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
