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Taxonomy
Family:
MARGARITIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Ostreida (Order)
> Pterioidea (Superfamily)
> Margaritidae (Family)
> Pinctada (Genus)
> maculata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Avicula (Meleagrina) Lamarck, 1819
=Margarita Leach, 1814
=Margaritifera Jameson, 1901
=Margaritiphora Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
=Meleagrina Lamarck, 1819
=Perlamater Schumacher, 1817
=Pintadina Gray, 1834
=Pteria (Margaritifera) Jameson, 1901
=Unionium Link, 1807
Synonymised Names:
=Avicula maculata A.A. Gould, 1850
=Avicula muricata Reeve, 1857
=Avicula pica A.A. Gould, 1852
=Pteria (Margaritifera) mauritii Jameson, 1901
=Pteria (Margaritifera) nataliensis Jameson, 1901
=Pteria (Margaritifera) panasesae Jameson, 1901
=Pteria (Margaritifera) pitcairnensis Jameson, 1901
Images: Pinctada maculata (A.A. Gould, 1850)
Washed up on Henderson Bay, Far North, ~2012. 49mm. © rights reserved
Washed up on Henderson Bay, Far North, ~2012. 49mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
MARGARITIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Ostreida (Order)
> Pterioidea (Superfamily)
> Margaritidae (Family)
> Pinctada (Genus)
> maculata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Avicula (Meleagrina) Lamarck, 1819
=Margarita Leach, 1814
=Margaritifera Jameson, 1901
=Margaritiphora Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
=Meleagrina Lamarck, 1819
=Perlamater Schumacher, 1817
=Pintadina Gray, 1834
=Pteria (Margaritifera) Jameson, 1901
=Unionium Link, 1807
Synonymised Names:
=Avicula maculata A.A. Gould, 1850
=Avicula muricata Reeve, 1857
=Avicula pica A.A. Gould, 1852
=Pteria (Margaritifera) mauritii Jameson, 1901
=Pteria (Margaritifera) nataliensis Jameson, 1901
=Pteria (Margaritifera) panasesae Jameson, 1901
=Pteria (Margaritifera) pitcairnensis Jameson, 1901
Details: Pinctada maculata (A.A. Gould, 1850)
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, rock pools and immediate sublittoral. Also occasional occurrences in the Far North washed up on beaches, from 0-1m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.212)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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