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

O'Keefe, Jo

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 8.8 cm SHL
Pinctada imbricataRoding, 1798

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo
 
Pinctada imbricata
[Atlantic pearl-oyster]
No picture found
 
Pinctada inflata
[]
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Max. Length 3.9 cm DL
 
Pinctada longisquamosa
[]

Batoy, Corazon B.

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

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Pinctada maculata
[]

Batoy, Corazon B.

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

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Pinctada margaritifera
[Pacific pearl-oyster]

FAO

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

Photo by FAO
 
Pinctada maxima
[Silverlip pearl oyster]
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Pinctada mazatlanica
[Mazatlan pearl oyster]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific.

Pinctada nigra(Gould, 1851)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Pinctada nigra
[]
No picture found
 
Pinctada phuketensis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

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

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Pinctada radiata
[Rayed pearl oyster]
No picture found
 
Pinctada sugillata
[Fringed pearl oyster]
No picture found
 
Pinctada syugillata
[]
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Pinctada vulgaris
[]


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