Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Bivalvia: : Pterioidea: Pteriidae

Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Introduced species

Synonymy

Mytilus margaritiferus Linnaeus, 1758
Margarita sinensis Leach, 1814
Avicula meleagrina Blainville, 1825

Details

Mytilus margaritiferus Linnaeus, 1758, p. 704, [Figures of several earlier authors cited]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: utriusque Indiae oceano
Comments: Introduced in the Western Atlantic.

Avicula meleagrina Blainville, 1825,
[Synonym]
References: Mikkelsen (2005) s

Margarita sinensis Leach, 1814,
[Synonym]
References: Mikkelsen (2005) s

Partial List of References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].

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