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22 Species in Family Margaritidae
Nominal species list for Margaritidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Pinctada vulgaris (Schumacher, 1817)
Pinctada syugillata (Reeve, 1857)
Pinctada sugillata (Reeve, 1857) Fringed pearl oyster
Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814) Rayed pearl oyster
Pinctada phuketensis Somrup, Sangsawang, Liu & Muangmai, 2022
Pinctada nigra (Gould, 1851)
Pinctada mazatlanica (Hanley, 1856) Mazatlan pearl oyster
Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901) Silverlip pearl oyster
Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) Pacific pearl-oyster
Pinctada maculata (Gould, 1850)
Pinctada longisquamosa (Dunker, 1852)
Pinctada inflata (Schumacher, 1817)
Pinctada imbricata Roding, 1798 Atlantic pearl-oyster
Pinctada fucata (Gould, 1850) Japanese pearl oyster
Pinctada chemnitzii (Philippi, 1847) Tiled pearl oyster
Pinctada capensis (Sowerby, 1889) Cape pearl-oyster
Pinctada anomioides (Reeve, 1857)
Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) Sharks Bay pearl oyster
Callogaza nubelevis Huang & Fu, 2019
Antimargarita powelli Aldea, Zelaya & Troncoso, 2009
Antimargarita dulcis (Smith, 1907)
Antimargarita bentarti Aldea, Zelaya & Troncoso, 2009
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