Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Bivalves
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
()
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
()
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
()
- Suborder:
Pteriina
()
- Superfamily:
Pterioidea
()
- Superfamily:
Pterioidea
(
- Suborder:
Pteriina
(
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
(
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Pinctada
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. imbricata imbricata (Atlantic Pearl-Oyster) · P. margaritifera (Pacific Pearl-Oyster)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Allan Hancock Pacific expeditions. [Reports] Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press. url p. 183.
- Annual report - Western Society of Malacologists. Pomona, Calif., Western Society of Malacologists. url p. 25.
- Bulletin / Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington: G.P.O., 1901-1971. url p. 268.
- Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url p. 63, p. 67.
- Bulletins of American paleontology. 74 1978 Ithaca, N.Y., Paleontological Research Institution [etc.] url p. 180.
- California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 181, p. 193.
- Fishery bulletin. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, The Service, U.S. Govt Print. Off. url p. 165.
- Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific: particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru); Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda / by Axel A. Olsson. Ithaca, N.Y.: Paleontological Research Institution, 1961. url p. 146, p. 147.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 184, p. 428.
- Special scientific report. Seattle, National Marine Fisheries Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949-1971. url p. 14, p. 27, p. 37, p. 39, p. 40.
- Texas conchologist. Houston, Houston Conchology Society url , p. 110, p. 92.
- The archaeological use and distribution of Mollusca in the Maya lowlands New Orleans, 1969. url p. 109.
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 13 1964 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 340, p. 344, p. 346, p. 349, p. 413.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Berkeley Natural History Museums, University of California Museum of Paleontology DiGIR provider
- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
- , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5468516
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16065330
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 852857
