Species Pinctada maculata (Gould, 1850)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Avicula maculata Gould, A.A. 1850. List of shells from the U.S. exploring expedition described by Dr. Gould. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 309-312 [309].
- Avicula pica Gould, A.A. 1852. Mollusca and shells. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 12: 1-510 [443, pl. 39, fig. 549] [junior homonym; not Avicula pica Philippi. 1849. Introduced as a replacement name for Avicula maculata that Gould thought to be preoccupied. This is not the case, see Hynd (1955).].
- Pteria (Margaritifera) pitcairnensis 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 [388] [replacement name; new name for Avicula pica Reeve, 1857 that Jameson considered distinct from Avicula pica Gould, 1852, itself a replacement name for A. maculata Gould, 1850. See Hynd for more information].
- Avicula radula Reeve, L.A. 1857. Monograph of the genus Avicula. pls 1-17 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 10. [pl. 8, fig. 23].
- Pteria (Margaritifera) panasesae 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 [390, text fig.] [replacement name; new name for Avicula pica Gould, 1852].
Type data:
Status unknown, South-east New Guinea. - Pteria (Margaritifera) mauritii 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 [391, fig. 95].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Generic Combinations
- Pinctada maculata (Gould, 1850).
- Margaritifera panasesae (Jameson, 1901). —
Hynd, J.S. 1955. A revision of the Australian pearl-shells, genus Pinctada (Lamellibranchia). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 6: 98-137 [118] (cited) - Pinctada panasesae (Jameson, 1901). —
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 [336] - Avicula (Meleagrina) pica (Gould, 1852). —
Dunker, W. 1872. Die Gattung Avicula in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. 1-56, pls 1-18 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 7. [54, pl. 18, fig. 7]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Tropical Pacific. Coral Sea added from Australian Museum Sydney mollusc collection
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Rock reef, rock platform.
General References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [178, pl. 62, fig. 4]
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
Da Hui Yua & Ka Hou Chub 2005. Species identity and phylogenetic relationship of the pearl oysters in Pinctada Röding, 1798 based on ITS sequence analysis. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 34(3): 240-250
Hynd, J.S. 1955. A revision of the Australian pearl-shells, genus Pinctada (Lamellibranchia). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 6: 98-137 [117-122, pl. 6, figs 1,2, pl. 7, figs 1, 2]
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 [336] (as Pinctada panasesae)
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [10]
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [104, fig. 250]
Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [881, fig. 8]
Paugam, A, D'Ollone, C., Cochard, J.-C. Garen, P. & le Pennec, M. The limits of morphometric features for the identification of Black-Lip Pearl Oyster (Pinctada magaritifera) larvae. Journal of Shellfish Research 25(3): 959-967
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 [35-38, pl. 17-19, text fig. 9]
Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [369, fig. 411]
Wada, K.T. & Tëmkin, I. 2008. Chapter 2. Taxonomy and phylogeny. pp. 37-74 in Southgate, P.C. & J.S. Lucas. The Pearl Oyster. Oxford, UK and Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Elsevier pp. i-xiii, 1-574.
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 | 13-Sep-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) |
| 11-Aug-2014 | 17-Nov-2010 | ADDED | ||
| 17-Nov-2010 | MODIFIED |