OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
ANSP OBIS Home | Another Search
Bivalvia Pterioida Pteriidae
Pinctada nigra (Gould, 1850)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Pinctada anomioides (non Reeve, 1857) auct.
Avicula nigra Gould, 1850
Margaritifera natalensis Jameson, 1901
Pinctada perrutila Iredale, 1939
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
Keywords
habit: byssally attached [ attached by byssus to rocks or corals
]
habitat: coral reef
habitat: rocks
References
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.10 General reference
Kilburn, R. N. . General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.106 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Pterioida
Pterioidea
Pteriidae Gray, 1847
Pinctada Röding, 1798
Pinctada nigra (Gould, 1850)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19693) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-10-18.