Pinctada

Translingual

Pinctada margaritifera (black-lip pearl oyster), with natural pearl

Etymology

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Proper noun

Pinctada f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pteriidae – certain saltwater oysters, including several from which pearls are harvested.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia – class; Pteriomorphia – subclass; Pterioida – order; Pteriidae (or Margaritidae) – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pinctada margaritifera (black-lipped oyster) – type species; Pinctada albina (pale pearl oyster, Shark Bay shell, Aragura shell), Pinctada capensis (Cape pearl oyster), Pinctada fucata (Akoya pearl oyster), Pinctada imbricata (Gulf pearl oyster), Pinctada longisquamosa (scaly pearl oyster), Pinctada maculata (pipi pearl oyster, spotted pearl oyster), Pinctada mazatlanica (Panama pearl oyster), Pinctada maxima (silver-lipped pearl oyster, gold-lipped oyster), Pinctada nigra, Pinctada radiata (Gulf pearl oyster, Atlantic pearl oyster, rayed pearl oyster), Pinctada sugillata – selected other species

References

• Pinctada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pinctada on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Pinctada on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons