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Pinctada Röding, 1798

1121529 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1121529)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Ostreida (Order)
  6. Margaritidae (Family)
  7. Pinctada (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Margaritidae Blainville, 1824
Concha Garsault, 1764 · unaccepted > nomen oblitum
Margarita Leach, 1814 · unaccepted (synonym)
Margaritifera Jameson, 1901 · unaccepted (Attributed by Jameson to Browne,...)  
Attributed by Jameson to Browne, 1756 [pre-Linnean work; not ì available for nomenclature]. Invalid: junior homonym of ì Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816 [Margaritiferidae].
Margaritophora Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Meleagrina Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted (synonym)
Perlamater Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted (Perlamater vulgaris is a...)  
Perlamater vulgaris is a substitute name for Mytilus margaritiferus Gmelin, and Perlamater is thus a junior objective synonym of Pinctada.
Pintada Gray, 1847 · unaccepted
Pintadina Gray, 1834 · unaccepted (synonym)
Unionidium Gray, 1851 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Unionium Link, 1807 · unaccepted (synonym)
Unionum Dall, 1898 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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  1. Species Pinctada aerata Reeve, 1857
  2. Species Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819)
  3. Species Pinctada capensis (Sowerby III, 1890)
  4. Species Pinctada chemnitzi (Philippi, 1849)
  5. Species Pinctada chemnitzii (Philippi, 1849)
  6. Species Pinctada cumingii (Reeve, 1857)
  7. Species Pinctada flavellum
  8. Species Pinctada fucata (Gould, 1850)
  9. Species Pinctada galtsoffi Bartsch, 1931
  10. Species Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798
  11. Species Pinctada inflata (Schumacher, 1817)
  12. Species Pinctada lacunata Reeve, 1857
  13. Species Pinctada longisquamosa (Dunker, 1852)
  14. Species Pinctada lurida Gould, 1850
  15. Species Pinctada maculata (Gould, 1850)
  16. Species Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
  17. Species Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901)
  18. Species Pinctada mazatlanica (Hanley, 1855)
  19. Species Pinctada muricata Reeve, 1857
  20. Species Pinctada nigra (Gould, 1850)
  21. Species Pinctada nigromarginata Kent
  22. Species Pinctada occa (Reeve)
  23. Species Pinctada panasesae Allan, 1950
  24. Species Pinctada perviridis Reeve, 1857
  25. Species Pinctada petersii (Dunker, 1852)
  26. Species Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814)
  27. Species Pinctada reeveana (Dunker, 1872)
  28. Species Pinctada sugillata (Reeve, 1857)
  29. Species Pinctada varia Dunker, 1872
  30. Species Pinctada vidua (Gould, 1850)
  31. Species Pinctada virens (Lamarck, 1819)
  32. Species Pinctada vulgaris Schumacher
  33. Species Pinctada anomioides (Reeve, 1857) accepted as Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901)
  34. Species Pinctada anomoides accepted as Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901)
  35. Species Pinctada atropurpurea (Dunker, 1852) accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819)
  36. Species Pinctada colymbus Röding, 1798 accepted as Pteria colymbus (Röding, 1798)
  37. Species Pinctada epitheca Iredale, 1939 accepted as Pinctada chemnitzii (Philippi, 1849)
  38. Species Pinctada foliacea Röding, 1798 accepted as Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
  39. Species Pinctada laosensis (Lea, 1863) accepted as Margaritifera laosensis (Lea, 1863)
  40. Species Pinctada martensi accepted as Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798
  41. Species Pinctada martensii (Dunker, 1872) accepted as Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798
  42. Species Pinctada penguin Röding, 1798 accepted as Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798)
  43. Species Pinctada perrutila Iredale, 1939 accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819)
marine, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Mus. Bolten., 2
page(s): 166 [details] 
IRMNG (2025). Pinctada Röding, 1798. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1121529 on 2026-10-07
Date
action
by
2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2022-11-06 17:52:52Z
changed
Rees, Tony

original description Mus. Bolten., 2
page(s): 166 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Ruppert et al., 2004 [details] 

verified source for family Bieler, R.; Bouchet, P. (2022). Case 3828 – The family name of the pearl oysters: proposal to remove the homonymy of Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) with Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) by emending the latter to Margaritesidae. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 79(1):12-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v79.a007 [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source CoL 2006 [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363: 1-560., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698313 [details] 

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details] 

original description (of Margaritophora Agassiz, 1846) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details] 

original description (of Meleagrina Lamarck, 1819) An. s. Vert., 6 (1)
page(s): 150 [details] 

original description (of Maleagrina Monterosato, 1877) Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, 9
page(s): 409 [details] 

original description (of Unionium Link, 1807) Beschr. Nat. Samml. Univ. Rostock, (3
page(s): 155 [details] 

original description (of Maleagrima Agassiz, 1839) Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, 1839, no. 3
page(s): 417 [details] 

original description (of Meleagris Fischer-Waldheim, 1835) Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, 8
page(s): 118 [details] 

original description (of Perlamater Schumacher, 1817) Essai Vers test., 38
page(s): 107 [details] 

original description (of Concha Garsault, 1764) Garsault, F.A.P. (1764). Les figures des plantes et animaux d'usage en medecine, décrits dans la Matiere Medicale de Mr. Geoffroy Medecin. Paris. Vol. V. Pl. 644-729. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/104875
page(s): Pl. 646 [details] 

original description (of Margaritiphora Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811) Ges. Nat. Fr. Berlin, Mag. 5
page(s): 66 [details] 

original description (of Unionidium Gray, 1851) List Brit. Anim. Coll. Brit. Mus., 7
page(s): 105 [details] 

original description (of Pintada Gray, 1847) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 15
page(s): 199 [details] 

original description (of Unionum Dall, 1898) Trans. Wagner Inst., 3 (4)
page(s): 572 [details] 

original description (of Margarita Leach, 1814) Zool. Miscell., 1
page(s): 107 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006). Marine, extant (?) + fossil: Tertiary to Recent (Sepkoski 2002) [details]
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Margaritiphora Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811)
To WoRMS (from synonym Perlamater Schumacher, 1817)
To WoRMS (from synonym Margarita Leach, 1814)
To WoRMS (from synonym Meleagrina Lamarck, 1819)
To WoRMS (from synonym Unionium Link, 1807)
To WoRMS (from synonym Margaritifera Jameson, 1901)
To WoRMS (from synonym Pintadina Gray, 1834)
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