MSBIAS taxon details
Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814)
140890 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140890)
accepted
Species
Pinctada imbricata radiata (Leach, 1814) · unaccepted
marine
(of ) 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): 98; pl. 43 [details]
page(s): 98; pl. 43 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814). 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=140890 on 2026-09-15
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 radiata (Leach, 1814). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140890 on 2026-09-15
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(of ) 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): 98; pl. 43 [details]
context source (Introduced species) Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420037449.ch8 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Almatar, S. M., Carpenter, K. E., Jackson, R., Alhazeem, S. H., Alsaffar, A. H., Ghaffar, A. R. A., & Carpenter, C. (1993). Observations on the pearl oyster fishery of Kuwait. <em>Journal of Shellfish research, 12(1).</em> 12(1): 35-40., available online at http://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=biology_fac_pubs [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 Garzia, M.; Doneddu, M.; Giacobbe, S.; Salvi, D.; Trainito, E.; Mariottini, P. (2024). Molecular and morphological data provide evidence for only one alien species of pearl oyster in the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 88(2): e085 (11 pp.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.05432.085
note: rebuttal of the alleged presence of Pinctada fucata in the Mediterranean [details]
additional source Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 13(1): 215-237., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y [details] Available for editors
additional source Scuderi, D.; Balistreri, P.; Germanà, A. (2019). Are <i>Pinctada radiata</i> (Leach, 1814) and <i>Pinctada fucata</i> (Gould, 1850) (Bivalvia Pteriidae) only synonyms or really different species? The case of some Mediterranean populations. <em>Biodiversity Journal.</em> 10(4): 415-426., available online at https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2019.10.4.415.426 [details]
additional source Wronski, T. (2010). The molluscan bio-fouling community on the Red Sea pearl oyster beds. <em>Zoology in the Middle East.</em> 51(1): 67-73., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2010.10638442 [details] Available for editors
additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
page(s): 98; pl. 43 [details]
context source (Introduced species) Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420037449.ch8 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Almatar, S. M., Carpenter, K. E., Jackson, R., Alhazeem, S. H., Alsaffar, A. H., Ghaffar, A. R. A., & Carpenter, C. (1993). Observations on the pearl oyster fishery of Kuwait. <em>Journal of Shellfish research, 12(1).</em> 12(1): 35-40., available online at http://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=biology_fac_pubs [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 Garzia, M.; Doneddu, M.; Giacobbe, S.; Salvi, D.; Trainito, E.; Mariottini, P. (2024). Molecular and morphological data provide evidence for only one alien species of pearl oyster in the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 88(2): e085 (11 pp.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.05432.085
note: rebuttal of the alleged presence of Pinctada fucata in the Mediterranean [details]
additional source Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 13(1): 215-237., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y [details] Available for editors
additional source Scuderi, D.; Balistreri, P.; Germanà, A. (2019). Are <i>Pinctada radiata</i> (Leach, 1814) and <i>Pinctada fucata</i> (Gould, 1850) (Bivalvia Pteriidae) only synonyms or really different species? The case of some Mediterranean populations. <em>Biodiversity Journal.</em> 10(4): 415-426., available online at https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2019.10.4.415.426 [details]
additional source Wronski, T. (2010). The molluscan bio-fouling community on the Red Sea pearl oyster beds. <em>Zoology in the Middle East.</em> 51(1): 67-73., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2010.10638442 [details] Available for editors
additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | rayed pearl oyster | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pinctada radiata)
To GenBank (69023 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS) (from synonym Pinctada imbricata radiata (Leach, 1814))
To Malacopics (Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814) Cape Verde, Santiago, Sao Miguel, Calheta de Sao Mig...
To Malacopics (Pinctada radiata (Leach,1814) Greece, Attiki, Attiki, Poros Island, Mikro Neorion, ...
To Malacopics (Pinctada radiata (Leach,1814) Greece, Thessalia, Magnisia, Skopelos, Limonari, at 3...
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 598200 Pearl)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pinctada imbricata radiata (Leach, 1814))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pinctada radiata)
To GenBank (69023 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS) (from synonym Pinctada imbricata radiata (Leach, 1814))
To Malacopics (Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814) Cape Verde, Santiago, Sao Miguel, Calheta de Sao Mig...
To Malacopics (Pinctada radiata (Leach,1814) Greece, Attiki, Attiki, Poros Island, Mikro Neorion, ...
To Malacopics (Pinctada radiata (Leach,1814) Greece, Thessalia, Magnisia, Skopelos, Limonari, at 3...
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 598200 Pearl)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pinctada imbricata radiata (Leach, 1814))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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Hosted externally
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Hosted externally
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