Species Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pinctada imbricata Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [167].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) not given (= Antilles and Tranquebar f. Chemnitz 1785: 134).

 

Introduction

Huber (2010) treats Pinctada imbricata as a single species ranging through the Caribbean and Indo-West Pacific. However, the molecular analysis of Cunha et al. (2011) demonstrate that several lineages can be distinguished in this complex.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific and Caribbean

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Cunha, R.L., Blanc, F., Bonhomme, F. & Arnaud-Haond, S. 2011. Evolutionary patterns in pearl oysters of the genus Pinctada (Bivalvia: Pteriidae). Marine Biotechnology 13: 181-192

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.

Ponder, W. 2002. Taxonomy and distribution of Pinctada imbricata with specific reference to historic Victorian records. Report prepared for the Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Melbourne, Victoria. 14 pp.

Ponder, W.F. & Colgan, D. 1995. Pinctada imbricata species complex; report on distribution of species in New South Wales. Report prepared for Barrier Pearls Pty Ltd, NSW, Australia, by Australian Museum Business Services, Australian Museum, Sydney. 43 pp.

Tëmkin, I. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10(342): 1-28 (discussion of the Pinctada imbricata complex with agument for three subspecies)

 

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
	PTERIOIDEA	06-Jan-2011	ADDED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)