World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

WRiMS name details

Meleagrina Lamarck, 1819

AphiaID

206183 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206183)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Accepted name

Pinctada Röding, 1798

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pteriidae J. E. Gray, 1847 (1820)

Original name

Meleagrina Lamarck, 1819

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Species Meleagrina occa (Reeve, 1857) sensu Pallary, 1912 accepted as Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814) (unaccepted > misapplication)
Species Meleagrina savignyi Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 150 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Meleagrina Lamarck, 1819. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206183 on 2026-07-14

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Meleagrina Lamarck, 1819. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206183 on 2026-07-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2001-11-08 14:59:13Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

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Martinez, Olga

2010-03-09 17:18:15Z

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Tëmkin, Ilya

2010-09-05 08:00:32Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2015-06-06 20:45:37Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2020-06-01 06:16:19Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2026-01-01 00:50:55Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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Sources (2)

original description Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 150 [details]

source of synonymy Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 181 [details]