Species Pinctada nigra (Gould, 1850)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Avicula (Meleagrina) nigra 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 flexuosa 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. 4, fig. 4] [junior homonym; non Orbigny, 1849].
• Avicula (Meleagrina) scheepmakeri 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. [6, pl. 1, fig. 1] [probable synonym, see Huber 2010].
• Avicula (Meleagrina) reentsii 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. [9, pl. 2, figs 1, 2].
• Avicula (Meleagrina) tristis 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. [44, pl. 14, fig. 3].
• Pinctada perrutila 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, pl. 5, fig. 15].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60344 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn Group, North West Island, QLD [23°18‘0‘S 151°41‘60‘E].

 

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

• Avicula (Meleagrina) flexuosa (Reeve, 1857). —
  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. [21, pl. 6, fig. 2]
• Margaritifera flexuosa (Reeve, 1857). —
  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 [383]
• Pteria (Pinctada) nigra (Gould, 1850). —
  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 [29]
• Pinctada nigra (Gould, 1850).
• Margaritifera nigra (Gould, 1850). —
  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 [392]
• Pteria (Pinctada) reentsi [sic] (Dunker, 1872). —
  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 [113]
• Pteria (Margaritifera) reentsii (Dunker, 1872). —
  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 [393]
• Margaritifera tristis (Dunker, 1872). —
  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 [384]

 

Introduction

Huber (2010) lists the following additional synonym:

Probably Avicula turdus Philippi, 1851 - China

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific Huber (2010) gives the range in Australia as Northwest to northeast Australia. This not supported by the Australia Museum collection, which holds specimens only from eastern Queensland and northern NSW, plus one from Cape Leveque, WA.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Byssally attached to rocks or corals in shallow reef areas

 

General References

Da Hui Yu & Ka Hou Chu 2006. Species identity and phylogenetic relationship of the pearl oysters in Pinctada Roding, 1798 based on ITS sequence analysis. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 34(3): 240-250

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.

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [106, fig. 254]

Maoxian He, Liangmin Huang, Jianhua Shi & Yinping Jiang 2005. Variability of ribosomal DNA ITS-2 and its utility in detecting genetic relatedness of Pearl Oyster. Marine Biotechnology, 7(1), 40-45. pp. 40-45

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 [29-34, pls 14-16]

 

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	20-Nov-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