MSBIAS taxon details
Pinctada Röding, 1798
138396 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138396)
accepted
Genus
- Species Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798
- Species Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pinctada Röding, 1798. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138396 on 2026-07-05
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Pinctada Röding, 1798. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138396 on 2026-07-05
Date
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2006-09-27 07:06:07Z
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Martinez, Olga
original description
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]
additional source Yu, D. H.; Chu, K. H. (2006). Species identity and phylogenetic relationship of the pearl oysters in <i>Pinctada</i> Röding, 1798 based on ITS sequence analysis. <em>Biochemical Systematics and Ecology.</em> 34(3): 240-250., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2005.09.004 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hynd, J. (1955). A Revision of the Australian Pearl-shells, Genus <i>Pinctada</i> (Lamellibranchia). <em>Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 6(1): 98., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/mf9550098 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cunha R.L., Blanc F., Bonhomme F. & Arnaud-Haond S. (2011) Evolutionary patterns in pearl oysters of the genus <i>Pinctada</i> (Bivalvia: Pteriidae). <i>Marine Biotechnology</i> 13: 181–192., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-010-9278-y [details]
additional 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]
additional source Wada T.K. & Tëmkin I. 2008. Taxonomy and phylogeny. pp. 37-76. In: The Pearl Oyster (P. Southgate & J. Lucas, eds). Elsevier, 544 p. , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=SzkhMsW7Q14C [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
subsequent type designation Iredale, T. (1915). Some more misused generic names. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11: 291-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715842
page(s): 305 [details]
additional source Yu, D. H.; Chu, K. H. (2006). Species identity and phylogenetic relationship of the pearl oysters in <i>Pinctada</i> Röding, 1798 based on ITS sequence analysis. <em>Biochemical Systematics and Ecology.</em> 34(3): 240-250., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2005.09.004 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hynd, J. (1955). A Revision of the Australian Pearl-shells, Genus <i>Pinctada</i> (Lamellibranchia). <em>Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 6(1): 98., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/mf9550098 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cunha R.L., Blanc F., Bonhomme F. & Arnaud-Haond S. (2011) Evolutionary patterns in pearl oysters of the genus <i>Pinctada</i> (Bivalvia: Pteriidae). <i>Marine Biotechnology</i> 13: 181–192., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-010-9278-y [details]
additional 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]
additional source Wada T.K. & Tëmkin I. 2008. Taxonomy and phylogeny. pp. 37-76. In: The Pearl Oyster (P. Southgate & J. Lucas, eds). Elsevier, 544 p. , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=SzkhMsW7Q14C [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
subsequent type designation Iredale, T. (1915). Some more misused generic names. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11: 291-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715842
page(s): 305 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
