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Bivalvia Pterioida Pteriidae
Pinctada fucata (Gould, 1850)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Pteria (Margaritifera) vulgaris auct.
Meleagrina muvicata auct.
Pinctada vulgaris (Schumacher, 1817)
Perlameter vulgaris Schumacher, 1817
Avicula fucata Gould, 1850
Avicula lurida Gould, 1850
Avicula muricata Reeve, 1857
Avicula aerata Reeve, 1857
Avicula lacunata Reeve, 1857
Avicula perviridis Reeve, 1857
Avicula varia Dunker, 1872
Pinctada vulgaris Hedley, 1916
Pinctada panasesae Allan, 1950
Common Name
Painted Pearl Shell p.24, fig. 16 McMichael, D.F. 1960.
New South Wales Pearl Shell p.267, f.1 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
Red Sea; Ceylon (Sri Lanka); Persian Gulf; Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific Ocean Virabhadra Rao 1968
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
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: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia?
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia?
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Persian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E): Sri Lanka
Keywords
feeds on: plants
habitat: sea grass bed
substrate: sand
References
Hynd, J.S. 1955. p.113, pl. 1; pl. 4, figs 1, 2; pl. 5, figs 1-3 [ Taxonomic characters; generic names; generic subdivisions and phylogenetic relationships; KEy to Australian species (genus Pinctada); description of species; doubtful species and records
] General reference
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.10 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.102 General reference
Virabhadra Rao, K. 1968. p.1021 Distribution
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Pterioida
Pterioidea
Pteriidae Gray, 1847
Pinctada Röding, 1798
Pinctada fucata (Gould, 1850)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19663) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-04-28.