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Bivalvia Pterioida Pteriidae 

Pinctada Röding, 1798

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Pinctada Röding, 1798
   Margaritiphora Megerle, 1811
   Margarita Leach, 1814
   Perlamater Schumacher, 1817
   Meleagrina Lamarck, 1819
   Pintadina Blainville, 1826
   Margaritifera Jameson, 1901

Included taxa

   Incertae sedis
   Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
   Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798
   Pinctada radiata (LEACH, 1814 in LEACH & NODDER, 1814-17)
   Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814)
   Pinctada virens (Lamarck, 1819)
   Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819)
   Pinctada albina (LAMARCK, 1819 in 1815-22)
   Pinctada chemnitzi (Philippi, 1849)
   Pinctada chemnitzii (PHILIPPI, 1849-b)
   Pinctada nigra (GOULD, 1850 in 1846-50)
   Pinctada maculata (GOULD, 1850 in 1846-50)
   Pinctada maculata (Gould, 1850)
   Pinctada fucata (Gould, 1850)
   Pinctada nigra (Gould, 1850)
   Pinctada atropurpurea (Dunker, 1852)
   Pinctada anomoides Reeve, 1857
   Pinctada laosensis Lea, 1863
   Pinctada martensi (Dunker, 1872)
   Pinctada capensis (Sowerby, 1889)
   Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901)

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania

References

 Iredale, T. 1939. p.333 General reference
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.10 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Pterioida
                Pterioidea
                  Pteriidae Gray, 1847
                    Pinctada Röding, 1798

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19651) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by bouchet genera on 2002-07-16.