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Bivalvia Pterioida Pteriidae
Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Avicula (Meleagrina) margaritifera auct.
Pinctada maxima auct.
Avicula anomioides Reeve, 1857
Meleagrina margaritifera Martens, 1889
Pteria (Margaritifera) maxima Jameson, 1901
Common Name
Golden lip oyster p.177 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978.
Gold-lip Pearl Oyster p.40, pl.41E Wilson, B 2002.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Gulf of Carpentaria
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.59
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.316
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 80m
]
depth: shallow subtidal [ in shallow areas
]
depth: subtidal
References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.177 Biology and ecology
Hynd, J.S. 1954. p.110 [ Taxonomic characters; generic names; generic subdivisions and phylogenetic relationships; KEy to Australian species (genus Pinctada); description of species; doubtful species and records
] General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.102 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Pterioida
Pterioidea
Pteriidae Gray, 1847
Pinctada Röding, 1798
Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19659) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-01-19.