Pinctada radiata

Pinctada radiata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pteriida
Family: Pteriidae
Genus: Pinctada
Species:
P. radiata
Binomial name
Pinctada radiata
(Leach, 1814)
Synonyms[1]
  • Avicula radiata Leach, 1814
  • Meleagrina conomenosi (Monterosato, 1884)
  • Meleagrina savignyi (Monterosato, 1884)
  • Avicula albina var. vaillanti (Vassel, 1897)

Pinctada radiata, commonly known as the Atlantic pearl-oyster[2] or the Gulf pearl oyster[1] is a species of pearl oyster distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific and in the Mediterranean.[3][4] Its range extends as far north as Japan and as far south as the Australian state of Victoria.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Pinctada radiata" (PDF). Delivering Alien Invasive Species In Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Atlantic pearl-oyster (Pinctada radiata)". Marine Species Identification Portal. ETI BioInformatics. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Pinctada radiata in CIESM Atlas of Exotic crustaceans". Mediterranean Science Commission. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  4. ^ Rajaei M.; Farahmand H.; Poorbagher H.; Mortazavi M.S.; Farhadi A. (2015). "Sympatric morphological and genetic differentiation of the pearl oyster Pinctada radiata (Bivalvia: Pterioida) in the northern Persian Gulf". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 95 (3): 537–543. doi:10.1017/S0025315414001611. S2CID 86574600.
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