WoRMS

(of Meleagrina albina Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464498 on 2025-06-17

Taxonomic edit history

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Nomenclature

original description (of Pinctada perrutila Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929. 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635
page(s): 337 [details]

original description (of Meleagrina albina Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]

original description (of Avicula anomioides Reeve, 1857) Reeve, L. A. (1857). Monograph of the genus Avicula. In: Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-14, March 1857; pls. 1, 15-18, June 1857]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127570
page(s): sp. 26 [details]

original description (of Avicula fimbriata Reeve, 1857) Reeve, L. A. (1857). Monograph of the genus Avicula. In: Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-14, March 1857; pls. 1, 15-18, June 1857]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127570 [details]

original description (of Avicula flexuosa Reeve, 1857) Reeve, L. A. (1857). Monograph of the genus Avicula. In: Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-14, March 1857; pls. 1, 15-18, June 1857]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127570 [details]

original description (of Avicula imbricata Reeve, 1857) Reeve, L. A. (1857). Monograph of the genus Avicula. In: Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-14, March 1857; pls. 1, 15-18, June 1857]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127570
page(s): pl. 6, species 11 [details]

original description (of Avicula irradians Reeve, 1857) Reeve, L. A. (1857). Monograph of the genus Avicula. In: Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-14, March 1857; pls. 1, 15-18, June 1857]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127570 [details]

original description (of Avicula placunoides Reeve, 1857) Reeve, L. A. (1857). Monograph of the genus Avicula. In: Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-14, March 1857; pls. 1, 15-18, June 1857]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127570 [details]

original description (of Avicula radula Reeve, 1857) Reeve, L. A. (1857). Monograph of the genus Avicula. In: Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-14, March 1857; pls. 1, 15-18, June 1857]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127570 [details]

original description (of Avicula sugillata Reeve, 1857) Reeve, L. A. (1857). Monograph of the genus Avicula. In: Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-14, March 1857; pls. 1, 15-18, June 1857]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127570 [details]

original description (of Avicula (Meleagrina) atropurpurea Dunker, 1852) Dunker, W. (1852). Aviculacea nova. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 9(5): 73–80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300771
page(s): 76 [details]

original description (of Avicula (Meleagrina) concinna Dunker, 1872) Dunker, W. (1872–1880). Die Gattung Avicula in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. pp. 1–84,. in: H.C. Küster (ed.), Systematisches Conchylien–Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Volume 7, part 3. Bauer und Raspe, Nurnberg [pp. 1–56, pl. 1–18, 1872; pp. 57–68, pl. 19–24, 1879; pp. 69–84, pl. 25–27, 1880]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34340065
page(s): 52, pl. 18, fig. 2 [details]

original description (of Avicula (Meleagrina) reentsii Dunker, 1872) Dunker, W. (1872–1880). Die Gattung Avicula in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. pp. 1–84,. in: H.C. Küster (ed.), Systematisches Conchylien–Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Volume 7, part 3. Bauer und Raspe, Nurnberg [pp. 1–56, pl. 1–18, 1872; pp. 57–68, pl. 19–24, 1879; pp. 69–84, pl. 25–27, 1880]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34340065
page(s): 9, pl. 2, figs 1-2 [details]

original description (of Avicula (Meleagrina) scheepmakeri Dunker, 1872) Dunker, W. (1872–1880). Die Gattung Avicula in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. pp. 1–84,. in: H.C. Küster (ed.), Systematisches Conchylien–Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Volume 7, part 3. Bauer und Raspe, Nurnberg [pp. 1–56, pl. 1–18, 1872; pp. 57–68, pl. 19–24, 1879; pp. 69–84, pl. 25–27, 1880]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34340065
page(s): 6, pl. 1, fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Avicula (Meleagrina) tristis Dunker, 1872) Dunker, W. (1872–1880). Die Gattung Avicula in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. pp. 1–84,. in: H.C. Küster (ed.), Systematisches Conchylien–Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Volume 7, part 3. Bauer und Raspe, Nurnberg [pp. 1–56, pl. 1–18, 1872; pp. 57–68, pl. 19–24, 1879; pp. 69–84, pl. 25–27, 1880]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34340065
page(s): 44, pl. 14, fig. 3 [details]

original description (of Pteria (Margaritifera) carchariarum Jameson, 1901) Jameson, H. L. (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 (1): 372-394., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31591344
page(s): 381 [details]

Taxonomy

status source Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 342., available online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2148-10-342.pdf [details]

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Wada, K. ; Komaru, A. (1985). Karyotypes in Five Species of the Pteriidae (Bivalvia:Pteriomorphia)". VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 44(3): 183-192. [details] Available for editors

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