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Family: Margaritidae



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18 species (see list below)
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Pinctada albina
[Sharks Bay pearl oyster]
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Pinctada anomioides
[]
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Pinctada capensis
[Cape pearl-oyster]
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Pinctada chemnitzii
[Tiled pearl oyster]
No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm SHL
 
Pinctada fucata
[Japanese pearl oyster]

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 8.8 cm SHL
Pinctada imbricata Roding, 1798

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Pinctada imbricata
[Atlantic pearl-oyster]
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Pinctada inflata
[]
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Max. Length 3.9 cm DL
 
Pinctada longisquamosa
[]

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific and North At
Max. Length 6 cm ShL
Pinctada maculata (Gould, 1850)

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Pinctada maculata
[]

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 9.8 cm SHL
Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Pinctada margaritifera
[Pacific pearl-oyster]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm ShL
Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901)

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Pinctada maxima
[Silverlip pearl oyster]
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Pinctada mazatlanica
[Mazatlan pearl oyster]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific.

Pinctada nigra (Gould, 1851)

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Pinctada nigra
[]
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Pinctada phuketensis
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific and the Medi
Max. Length 10.1 cm SHH
Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814)

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Pinctada radiata
[Rayed pearl oyster]
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Pinctada sugillata
[Fringed pearl oyster]
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Pinctada syugillata
[]
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Pinctada vulgaris
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Pinctada albina Sharks Bay pearl oyster Indo-Pacific. 1819
Pinctada anomioides Indo-West Pacific. 1857
Pinctada capensis Cape pearl-oyster Western Indian Ocean 1889
Pinctada chemnitzii Tiled pearl oyster Western Pacific. 1847
Pinctada fucata Japanese pearl oyster Indo-West Pacific. 8 SHL 1850
Pinctada imbricata Atlantic pearl-oyster Western Atlantic 8.8 SHL 1798
Pinctada inflata Western Indian Ocean 1817
Pinctada longisquamosa Western Central Atlantic 3.9 DL 1852
Pinctada maculata Indo-Pacific and North At 6 ShL 1850
Pinctada margaritifera Pacific pearl-oyster Indo-Pacific 9.8 SHL 1758
Pinctada maxima Silverlip pearl oyster Indo-West Pacific 30 ShL 1901
Pinctada mazatlanica Mazatlan pearl oyster Eastern Pacific 1856
Pinctada nigra Indo-West Pacific. 1851
Pinctada phuketensis Eastern Indian Ocean 2022
Pinctada radiata Rayed pearl oyster Indo-Pacific and the Medi 10.1 SHH 1814
Pinctada sugillata Fringed pearl oyster To be filled. 1857
Pinctada syugillata Indo-West Pacific. 1857
Pinctada vulgaris Indo-Pacific 1817



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