WoRMS name details
Meleagrina Lamarck, 1819
206183 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206183)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Genus
Mytilus margaritiferus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Meleagrina albina Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) (original combination)
- Species Meleagrina conemenosi Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Meleagrina imbricata (Röding, 1798) accepted as Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798
- Species Meleagrina margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Meleagrina mazatlanica Hanley, 1856 accepted as Pinctada mazatlanica (Hanley, 1856) (original combination)
- Species Meleagrina nigromarginata Saville-Kent, 1893 accepted as Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Meleagrina occa (Reeve, 1857) accepted as Pinctada chemnitzii (R. A. Philippi, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Meleagrina occa (Reeve, 1857) sensu Pallary, 1912 accepted as Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814) (unaccepted > misapplication)
- Species Meleagrina ovata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 accepted as Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Species Meleagrina radiata (Deshayes, 1830) accepted as Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814) (unaccepted > junior homonym, and synonym, with superseded combination))
- Species Meleagrina savignyi Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814)
- Species Meleagrina tongana Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 accepted as Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Species Meleagrina vulgaris (Schumacher, 1817) accepted as Pinctada vulgaris (Schumacher, 1817)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 150 [details]
page(s): 150 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Meleagrina Lamarck, 1819. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206183 on 2026-05-05
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2006-09-25 06:54:45Z
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 150 [details]
page(s): 150 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 181 [details]
page(s): 181 [details]
