African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Pinctada nigra (A. A. Gould, 1850)

AfReMaS taxon details

Pinctada nigra (A. A. Gould, 1850)

AphiaID

564657 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:564657)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pinctada Röding, 1798

Original name

Avicula nigra A. A. Gould, 1850

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Gould, A. A. (1850). [descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pinctada nigra (A. Gould, 1850). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564657 on 2025-11-14

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Pinctada nigra (A. A. Gould, 1850). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564657 on 2025-11-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-03-12 15:24:03Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-07-05 23:43:01Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2023-09-30 02:31:09Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2023-10-04 16:39:55Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description (of ) Gould, A. A. (1850). [descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 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]

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]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

status source Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 342., available online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2148-10-342.pdf [details]