WoRMS taxon details
Pinctada longisquamosa (Dunker, 1852)
420734 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420734)
accepted
Species
Avicula (Meleagrina) longisquamosa Dunker, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pteria longisquamosa (Dunker, 1852) · unaccepted
Pteria viridizona Dall, 1916 · unaccepted
Pteria xanthia Schwengel, 1942 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine
(of Avicula (Meleagrina) longisquamosa Dunker, 1852) Dunker, W. (1852). Aviculacea nova. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 9(5): 73–80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300771
page(s): 76 [details]
page(s): 76 [details]
Type locality contained in Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pinctada longisquamosa (Dunker, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420734 on 2025-06-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pteria viridizona Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 403 [details]
original description (of Pteria xanthia Schwengel, 1942) Schwengel, J. S. (1942). New Floridan marine mollusks. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 56(2): 62-66, pls 3, 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520165
page(s): 64, pl. 3, figs. 1, 1a [details]
original description (of Avicula (Meleagrina) longisquamosa Dunker, 1852) Dunker, W. (1852). Aviculacea nova. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 9(5): 73–80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300771
page(s): 76 [details]
basis of record 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 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 403 [details]
original description (of Pteria xanthia Schwengel, 1942) Schwengel, J. S. (1942). New Floridan marine mollusks. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 56(2): 62-66, pls 3, 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520165
page(s): 64, pl. 3, figs. 1, 1a [details]
original description (of Avicula (Meleagrina) longisquamosa Dunker, 1852) Dunker, W. (1852). Aviculacea nova. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 9(5): 73–80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300771
page(s): 76 [details]
basis of record 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 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
status source
Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). <i>BMC Evolutionary Biology</i> 10: 342., available online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2148-10-342.pdf [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Mikkelsen, P. M., Tëmkin, I., Bieler, R. & Lyons, W. G. (2004). <i>Pinctada longisquamosa</i> (Dunker, 1852) (Bivalvia: Pteriidae), an unrecognized pearl oyster in the western Atlantic. <em>Malacologia.</em> 46(2): 473-501., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28113053 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Avicula (Meleagrina) longisquamosa Dunker, 1852) ZMB 101.674 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | scaly wing-oyster [from synonym]scaly wing oyster | [details] |
| German | Schuppen-Flügelmuschel [from synonym] | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Pteria xanthia. Schwengel, 1942. Nautilus 56: 64, pl. 3, figs. 1, 1a - catalog no. 178717) (from synonym Pteria xanthia Schwengel, 1942)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pteria longisquamosa (Dunker, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pteria xanthia Schwengel, 1942)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pinctada longisquamosa)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Pinctada longisquamosa (Dunker, 1852) Brazil, Espírito Santo, Guarapari, on Gorgonia...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pteria viridizona Dall, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pteria longisquamosa (Dunker, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pteria xanthia Schwengel, 1942)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pinctada longisquamosa)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Pinctada longisquamosa (Dunker, 1852) Brazil, Espírito Santo, Guarapari, on Gorgonia...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pteria viridizona Dall, 1916)
