Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Pterioida > Superfamily Pterioidea > Family Pteriidae > Genus Pinctada

Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pinctada*	Röding, 1798	accepted genus name
*Margarita*	Leach, 1814	synonym

Species group names

*Avicula occa*	Reeve, 1857	synonym

Children

Pinctada imbricata radiata (Leach, 1814)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: pearl oyster

Literature

original description	Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten M. D. p. d. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia et multivalvia.
additional source	Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg
additional source	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.
status source	Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 342.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (50 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Rosenberg, G.; Tëmkin, I. (2014). Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207901