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WoRMS taxon detailsPinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
207899 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207899)
accepted
Species
Avicula cumingii Reeve, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym)
Margarita sinensis Leach, 1814 · unaccepted
Margaritifera fimbriata Bryan, 1915 · unaccepted (synonym)
Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (synonym)
Margaritiphora communis Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · unaccepted (synonym)
Meleagrina margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Meleagrina nigromarginata Saville-Kent, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mytilus margaritiferus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pinctada foliacea Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Pteria margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
marine
(of Mytilus margaritiferus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 704 [details] Available for editors  [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207899 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Pinctada foliacea Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details] original description (of Mytilus margaritiferus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 page(s): 704 [details] Available for editors [request]original description (of Avicula cumingii Reeve, 1857) Reeve, L. A. (1857). Monograph of the genus <i>Avicula</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-14, March 1857; pls. 1, 15-18, June 1857]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127570 page(s): sp. 6 [details] original description (of Margarita sinensis Leach, 1814) Leach, W. E. (1814-1817). Zoological miscellany: being descriptions of new or interesting animals. <em>London.</em> Vol. 1</i> [1814]. Vol. 2 [1815], Vol. 3 [1817]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91180 page(s): 1: 107 [details] original description (of Margaritiphora communis Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ page(s): 66 [details]  original description (of Meleagrina nigromarginata Saville-Kent, 1893) Saville-Kent W (1893) The Great Barrier Reef of Australia; its products and potentialities, pp. 1-387, pls. 1-48, chromo pls. 1-16. Allen & Co., London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10697730 page(s): 213 [details] original description (of Pteria (Margaritifera) margaritifera var. zanzibarensis Jameson, 1901) Jameson, H. L. (1901). On the identity and distribution of the Mother of Pearl Oysters with a revision of the subgenus <i>Margaritifera</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1901 (1): 372-394., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31591344 page(s): 375 [details] Taxonomytaxonomy source
Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2025). A taxonomic update for "Seashells of Southern Florida – Bivalves" (Mikkelsen and Bieler, 2007) with nomenclatural notes on other bivalve species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 139(1): 1-27. page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors [request]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] Othercontext source (HKRMS)
Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. [details]
additional source Kilburn, R. N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae. <em>Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae. Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 22-2. page(s): 610 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Wada, K. ; Komaru, A. (1985). Karyotypes in Five Species of the Pteriidae (Bivalvia:Pteriomorphia)". <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 44(3): 183-192. [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Lal, M. M.; Southgate, P. C.; Jerry, D. R.; Bosserelle, C.; Zenger, K. R. (2017). Swept away: ocean currents and seascape features influence genetic structure across the 18,000 Km Indo-Pacific distribution of a marine invertebrate, the black-lip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera. <em>BMC Genomics.</em> 18(1): 66 (21 pp.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-3410-y [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Italy (Nation) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]Introduced species vector dispersal in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details] Introduced species vector dispersal in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Ships : General [details]
To Barcode of Life (430 barcodes) (from synonym Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (52 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (348 publications) (from synonym Meleagrina margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pteria margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To Conchology (Pinctada margaritifera FREAK) To Conchology (Pinctada margaritifera FREAK) To Conchology (Pinctada margaritifera GIANT) To Conchology (Pinctada margaritifera GIANT) To Conchology (Pinctada margaritifera GIANT) To Conchology (Pinctada margaritifera) To Conchology (Pinctada margaritifera) To Conchology (Pinctada margaritifera) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Margaritifera margaritifera) (from synonym Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pinctada margaritifera) To GenBank (19681 nucleotides; 283 proteins) To GenBank (19681 nucleotides; 283 proteins) (from synonym Mytilus margaritiferus Linnaeus, 1758) To IUCN Red List (Endangered) (from synonym Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)) To Malacopics (Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) Egypt, Janub Sinai’, Gulf of Aqaba, Dahab, b... To Malacopics (Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus,1758) Sri Lanka, Trincomalee, Uppa Valle, by fishin... To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Meleagrina margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS Unreviewed
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