OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Pterioida Pteriidae
Pinctada capensis (Sowerby, 1889)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Pteria margaritifera (non Linnaeus, 1758) of Odhner 1923: 4. auct.
Avicula (Meleagrina) capensis Sowerby, 1889
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
Kilburn, R. N. .
References
Barnard, K.H. 1964. p.413, fig. 11 a-c General reference
Kilburn, R. N. . General reference
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. 1982. p.161, pl. 37, fig. 3, textfig. 121 General reference
Ranson, G. 1961. p.39, pl. 20-22, textfigs 10 A-B, 1-11 General reference
Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. 1998. p.204, fig. 828 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Pterioida
Pterioidea
Pteriidae Gray, 1847
Pinctada Röding, 1798
Pinctada capensis (Sowerby, 1889)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=106489) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-10-10. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-10-10.