Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

MSBIAS taxon details

Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814)

Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814)
Juvenile specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (among seagrass Cymodocea nodosa, 29.09.2008), actual size 10 mm.

AphiaID

140890 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140890)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pinctada Röding, 1798

Original name

Avicula radiata Leach, 1814

Synonymised names

Pinctada imbricata radiata (Leach, 1814) · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Leach, W. E. (1814-1817). Zoological miscellany: being descriptions of new or interesting animals. London. Vol. 1 [1814]. Vol. 2 [1815], Vol. 3 [1817]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91180
page(s): 98; pl. 43 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140890 on 2025-05-08

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140890 on 2025-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2011-03-12 15:24:03Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-02-01 12:30:49Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-12-26 19:10:38Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Leach, W. E. (1814-1817). Zoological miscellany: being descriptions of new or interesting animals. London. Vol. 1 [1814]. Vol. 2 [1815], Vol. 3 [1817]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91180
page(s): 98; pl. 43 [details]

context source (Introduced species) Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Sheppard, A. (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs. 3 (1): 43-50. [details] Available for editors

additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors

additional source Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. Biological Invasions. 13(1): 215-237., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y [details] Available for editors

additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]

additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-010-9278-y [details]

additional source Wronski, T. (2010). The molluscan bio-fouling community on the Red Sea pearl oyster beds. Zoology in the Middle East. 51(1): 67-73., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2010.10638442 [details] Available for editors

additional source Almatar, S. M., Carpenter, K. E., Jackson, R., Alhazeem, S. H., Alsaffar, A. H., Ghaffar, A. R. A., & Carpenter, C. (1993). Observations on the pearl oyster fishery of Kuwait. Journal of Shellfish research, 12(1). 12(1): 35-40., available online at http://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=biology_fac_pubs [details] Available for editors

additional source Scuderi, D.; Balistreri, P.; Germanà, A. (2019). Are Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814) and Pinctada fucata (Gould, 1850) (Bivalvia Pteriidae) only synonyms or really different species? The case of some Mediterranean populations. Biodiversity Journal. 10(4): 415-426., available online at https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2019.10.4.415.426 [details]