Pearl Oysters - Family: Margaritidae
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Pale Pearl Oyster - Pinctada albina
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Pinctada chemnitzii
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Atlantic Pearl Oyster - Pinctada imbricata
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Spotted Pearl Oyster - Pinctada maculata
Black-lip Pearl Shell - Pinctada margaritifera
White-lip Oyster - Pinctada maxima
Pinctada nigra
Pinctada sugillata
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
> Class: Bivalvia (Bivalves)
> Subclass: Autobranchia (Autobranchs)
> Infraclass: Pteriomorpha (Pteriomorph Bivalves)
> Order: Ostreida (Oysters and Allies)
> Superfamily: Pterioidea (Pearl Oysters and Allies)
> Family: Margaritidae (Pearl Oysters)
> Genus: Pinctada
> Species: P. albina - Pale Pearl Oyster
> Species: P. chemnitzii
> Species: P. imbricata - Atlantic Pearl Oyster
> Species: P. maculata - Spotted Pearl Oyster
> Species: P. margaritifera - Black-lip Pearl Shell
> Species: P. maxima - White-lip Oyster
> Species: P. nigra
> Species: P. sugillata
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