Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Oliver, P. Graham, Holmes, Anna, Killeen, Ian, Light, Janice & Wood, Harriet, 2004, Annotated checklist of the marine Bivalvia of Rodrigues, Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3229-3272 : 3240

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scientific name	Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Habitat. Attached by a byssus among coral debris, mostly sublittoral.

Distribution. Not or perhaps no longer common with only occasional individuals found living in the northern lagoon.

Remarks. Distinguished from other species of Pinctada by its greenish colour with few white rays of projecting scales.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Bivalvia
Order	Ostreida
Family	Margaritidae
Genus	Pinctada

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