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Pacific Pearl Oyster

Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pinctada margaritifera
Species recognized by Timor Sea Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Red Sea Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Gulf of Oman Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Africa Species List, Vietnam Species List, R union Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Seychelles Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, Kenya Species List, Mozambique Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Guam Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, Indonesia Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Cocos Islands, Arafura Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Australia Species List, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Japan Species List, Philippines Species List, Egypt Species List, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, Protists in Singapore, and Wikidata
Pinctada margaritifera
Recognized by Flickr BHL, iNaturalist, Moorea Biocode, FAO Fishery Statistics, and Furui 2020
Pinctada margaritifera (L. 1758)
Species recognized by Femorale and Shelled animal body mass
Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by GBIF classification and World Register of Marine Species
Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758)
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records and Marine Life in the Koh Phangan vicinity
Mytilus margaritiferus Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by TreatmentBank
Pinctada margaritifera
Species recognized by United States Species List, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, and Wikimedia Commons
Pinctada margaritifera
Recognized by Flickr Group
Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by TreatmentBank

Alternative Names

Avicula cumingii Reeve 1857
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Margarita sinensis Leach 1814
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Margaritifera fimbriata Bryan 1915
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Margaritifera margaritifera var. zanzibarensis Jameson 1901
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Margaritiphora communis Megerle von Mühlfeld 1811
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Meleagrina margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Meleagrina nigromarginata Saville-Kent 1893
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Mytilus margaritiferus Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pinctada foliacea Röding 1798
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pteria margaritifera Linnaeus
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species

Common Names

English

Pacific pearl-oyster preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
black-lip pearl oyster
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
black-lip pearl shell
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
black-lipped pearl oyster
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Basque

Perla-ostra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Chinese

黑蝶真珠蛤 preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Czech

perlotvorka mořská preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

German

Große Seeperlmuschel preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
Schwarzlippige Perlmuschel
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Japanese

クロチョウガイ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, World Register of Marine Species, and Wikidata

Malay

Siput tipai batu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Vietnamese

Trai ngọc môi đen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hans

珠母贝 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hant

黑蝶真珠蛤 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hk

黑蝶真珠蛤 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Tw

黑蝶珍珠蛤 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758
Autobranchia Grobben 1894
Pteriomorphia Beurlen 1944
Ostreida Férussac 1822
Pterioidea Gray 1847
Margaritidae Blainville 1824
Pinctada Röding 1798
Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Pinctada albina (Lamarck 1819)
Pinctada capensis (G. B. Sowerby Iii 1890)
Pinctada chemnitzii (Philippi 1849)
Pinctada cumingii (Reeve 1857)
Pinctada galtsoffi Bartsch 1931
Pinctada imbricata Röding 1798
Pinctada inflata (Schumacher 1817)
Pinctada longisquamosa (Dunker 1852)
Pinctada maculata (Gould 1850)
Pinctada maxima (Jameson 1901)
Pinctada mazatlanica (Hanley 1856)
Pinctada nigra (Gould 1850)
Pinctada petersii (Dunker 1852)
Pinctada reeveana (Dunker 1872)
Pinctada sugillata (Reeve 1857)
Pinctada vidua (Gould 1850)
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