Species Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mytilus margaritiferus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [704].
• Margaritia sinensis Leach, W.E. & Nodder, R.P. 1814. The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new or interesting animals. London : E. Nodder & Son Vol. 1 144 pp., 60 pls. [180, pl. 40].
• Meleagrina nigromarginata Saville-Kent, W. 1893. The Great Barrier Reef of Australia; its Products and Potentialities. London : W.H. Allen & Co., Limited. [xiii] + 388 pp. 21 figs 64 pls. [213, pl. 37].

 

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.

 

Generic Combinations

• Meleagrina cumingii (non Reeve, 1857). —
  Saville-Kent, W. 1890. Pearl and pearl-shell fisheries of North Queensland. Report to the Government of Queensland. 8 pp. [3]
• Pteria (Pinctada) margaritifera erythraeensis (Linnaeus, 1758) [as var.; changed combination cited]. —
  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 [53]
• Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  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]
• Pteria (Unionium) margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Oostingh, C.H. 1925. Report on a collection of recent shells from Obi and Halmahera, Molluccas. Mededeelingen van de Landbouwhoogeschool te Wageningen 29(1): 1–362 [246]
• Meleagrina (Pteria) margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Odhner, N.H. 1919. Contribution à la faune malacologique de Madagascar. Arkiv för Zoologi 12(6): 1-52 [Date published 29 Dec 1919] [23]
• Pteria margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  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 [53]
• Margaritiphora margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Gray, J.E. 1847. A list of the Genera of Recent Mollusca, their Synonyms and Types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-242 [200]
• Avicula (Meleagrina) margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Audouin, V. 1826. Explication sommaire des planches de Mollusques de l'Egypte et de la Syries, puliées par J.C. Savigny, member de l'Institut; offrant un exposé des caractères naturels des genres avec la distinction des espèces. pp. 7-56 in Jonard, E.F. (ed.). Description de l'Égypte, ou, Recueil de observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publie par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'empereur Napoleon le Grand. Histoire Naturelle. Paris : De L’Imprimerie Imperiale Vol. 1(4) 339 pp. [53]
• Avicula margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Blainville, H.M.D. de 1825. Manuel de Malacologie et de Conchyliologie. Paris : Norman Fils 664 pp. [531]
• Meleagrina margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [151]
• Mytilus (Meleagrina) margaritiferus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  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 [52]
• Pinctada nigromarginata (Saville-Kent, 1893). —
  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 [335]

 

Introduction

In addition to the synonyms listed above, the following are givem by Huber (2010):

Margaritiphora communis Megerle von Mühlfeld - MT whatever that is.
Avicula hystrix Reeve, 1857 - No locality
Probably Avicula chamoides Reeve, 1857 - No locality
Pteria (Margaritifera) margaritifera typica Jameson, 1901 - Banda Sea
Pteria (Margaritifera) margaritifera erythraeensis Jameson, 1901 - Red Sea
Pteria (Margaritifera) margaritifera persica Jameson, 1901 - Persian Gulf
Pteria (Margaritifera) margaritifera zanzibararensis Jameson, 1901 - Zanzibar

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Huber (2010) does not record this species from the Australian mainland. However, the Australian Museum collection holds 40 lots from Queensland recorded as this species. The collection also has specimens from the Coral Sea Terrirories (eg AMS C.410327) Christmas Island (C.147386), Cocos (Keeling) Island (C.133079), Lord Howe Island (C.422974). Widely distributed in to Indo-West Pacific Region.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Substrate: coral, rocks.

 

General References

Arnaud-Haond, S., Bonhomme, F. & Blanc, F. 2003. Large discrepancies in differentiation of allozymes, nuclear and mitochondrial DNA loci in recently founded Pacific populations of the pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16(3): 388-398

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [177, pl. 62, fig. 2] (biology and ecology)

Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [162, fig. 480]

Cunha, R.L., Blanc, F., Bonhomme, F. & Arnaud-Haond, S. 2010. Evolutionary Patterns in Pearl Oysters of the Genus Pinctada (Bivalvia: Pteriidae). Marine Biotechnology DOI: 10.1007/s10126-010-9278-y. pp. 1436-2228

Durand, P. & Blanc, F. 1988. Diversité génétique chez un bivalve marin tropical: Pinctada margaritifera (Linné, 1758). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 113(3): 293-304

Hawkins, A.J.S., Smith, R.F.M., Tan, S.H. & Yasin, Z.B. 1998. Suspension-feeding behaviour in tropical bivalve molluscs: Perna viridis, Crassostrea belcheri, Crassostrea iradelei, Saccostrea cucculata and Pinctada margarifera. Marine Ecology Progress Series 166: 173-185

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.

Hynd, J.S. 1955. A revision of the Australian pearl-shells, genus Pinctada (Lamellibranchia). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 6: 98-137 [108] (taxonomic characters; generic names; generic subdivisions and phylogenetic relationships; key to Australian species description of species; doubtful species and records)

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 [335] (as Pinctada nigromarginata)

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [517, fig. 166D, E]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [102, fig. 247]

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [155]

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [881, fig. 12, text fig.]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [63]

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 [52-77, pls 29-37, text figs 15-18] (the taxonomy presented by Ranson has been used herein, in part. It is uncertain whether some of the names provided in Ranson are synonyms or subsequent references, which need more work on primary literature to verify. The synonyms of this species are in need of revision)

Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [368, fig. 410]

Steiner, G. & Hammer, S. 2000. Molecular phylogeny of the Bivalvia inferred from 18S rDNA sequences with particular reference to the Pteriomorphia. Journal of the Geological Society of London 127: 11-29

Tranter, D.J. 1958. Reproduction in Australian Pearl Oysters (Lamellibranchia). IV. Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9(4): 509-524, pls 1-3

Virabhadra Rao, K. 1968. Pearl Oysters of the Indian Region. Marine Biological Association of India, Symposium Series 1968: 1017-1028 [1018]

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.

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [156, pl. 59, fig. 573]

 

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] (Black Lip Pearl Shell)

 

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)
23-Oct-2014	BIVALVIA	16-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	ABRS
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	PTERIOIDEA	07-May-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014		17-Nov-2010	ADDED
		17-Nov-2010	MODIFIED