Species Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819)
Pale Pearl Oyster (for Pinctada albina), Shark's Bay Pearl Shell (for Pinctada carchariarium sic), Shark's Bay Pearl Shell (for Pinctada carchariarum)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Meleagrina albina Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [152].
Type data:
Status unknown, “Habite les mers de la Nouvelle Hollande , au canal d'Entrecastaux,et à la terre de Dienien”. [D’Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania]
Comment: Huber (2010, p. 602) says that this type locality is in error, and the species occurs on the West Australian coast only. - Margaritifera carchariarum Jameson, L.H. 1901. On the identity and distribution of the mother-of-pearl oysters, with a revision of the subgenus Margaritifera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901: 372-394, figs 92-95 [p. 38, fig. 92].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [602, CD-ROM lines 4383-4384]
Generic Combinations
- Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819). —
Hynd, J.S. 1955. A revision of the Australian pearl-shells, genus Pinctada (Lamellibranchia). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 6: 98-137 [126] - Avicula albina (Lamarck, 1819). —
Deshayes, G.P. 1830. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 2, Part 1 i-vii, 256 pp. [102] - Pinctada albina albina (Lamarck, 1819).
- Pteria (Margaritifera) carchariarum (Jameson, 1901). —
Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds) 1930. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [590] - Pinctada carchariarum (Jameson, 1901). —
Hedley, C. 1916. A preliminary index of the Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1: 152-226 [155]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Avicula margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) [misidentification]. —
Ranson, R. 1961. Les espèces d'huitres perlières du genre Pinctada (biologie de quelques-unes d'entre elles). Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 2 1-95, pls 1-42 [45] - Pinctada placunoides (Reeve, 1847) [misidentification]. —
Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [337] - Meleagrina imbricata (Reeve, 1857) [misidentification]. —
Saville-Kent, W. 1897. The Naturalist in Australia. London : Chapman & Hall 302 pp. 50 pls & figs. [209] - Avicula (Meleagrina) imbricata Reeve, 1857 [misidentification]. —
Collett, O. 1900. Pearl oysters and Pearl fisheries. Ceylon Observer 1900: 1-12 [2]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-West Pacific
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine.
General References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [266-267, fig. 3] (as Pinctada carchariarum, p. 267 as Pinctada sugillata and Pinctada reeveana)
Colgan, D.J. & Ponder, W.F. 2002. Genetic discrimination of morphologically similar, sympatric species of pearl oysters (Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pinctada) in eastern Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 53: 697-709
Cotton, B.C. 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda. Adelaide : W.L. Hawes, Government Printer 363 pp. [Date published Oct: Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series] [77, figs 64, 67] (sub fossil occurrence in SA and Recent distribution)
Hynd, J.S. 1955. A revision of the Australian pearl-shells, genus Pinctada (Lamellibranchia). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 6: 98-137 [126, pl. 12, figs 2, 3] (also p. 126 as Pinctada albina; p. 132-133 as Pinctata albina carchariarum)
Hynd, J.S. 1960. An analysis of variation in Australian specimens of Pinctada albina (Lamarck) (Lamellibranchia). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 11(3): 326-364
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [104, fig. 252] (as Pinctada albina albina)
Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds) 1930. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [590] (as Pteria (Margaritifera) carchariarum)
O'Connor, W.A. 2002. Latitudinal variation in reproductive behavior in the pearl oyster, Pinctada albina sugillata. Aquaculture 209(1-4): 333-345
Ranson, R. 1961. Les espèces d'huitres perlières du genre Pinctada (biologie de quelques-unes d'entre elles). Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 2 1-95, pls 1-42 [45, pls 25-28, text figs 13-14]
Tranter, D.J. 1958. Reproduction in Australian Pearl Oysters (Lamellibranchia). I. Pinctada albina (Lamarck): Gametogenesis. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9(1): 135-143
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [266] (Shark's Bay Pearl Shell, Shark's Bay Pearl Shell)
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [42] (Pale Pearl Oyster)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2023 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 11-Aug-2014 | 11-Aug-2014 | MOVED | ||
| 11-Aug-2014 | PTERIOIDEA | 06-Jan-2011 | MOVED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) |
| 11-Aug-2014 | 06-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 11-Aug-2014 | 17-Nov-2010 | ADDED | ||
| 17-Nov-2010 | MODIFIED |