Genus Pinctada P. F Roding, 1798

(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-31-0-0-0-0-0)
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 301
Amer. Fish. Soc., 1988 p 25
Bernard, 1983 p 21
Syn. Margaritifera C. F. Schumacher, 1817;
Margaritiphora Megerle de Muhlfeld, 1811;
Meleagrina J. B. P. A. de Lamarck, 1819
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 440
Keen, 1971 p 77
Syn. Meleagrina J. B. P. A. de Lamarck, 1819
Ref. Lindner, 1977 p 102
Syn. Margarita W. E. Leach, 1814;
Margaritiphora Megerle v. Muhlfeld, 1811;
Margaritites J. L. R. Agassiz, 1845;
Meleagrina J. B. P. A. de Lamarck, 1819;
Meleagris G. Fischer de Waldheim, 1835;
Perlamater C. F. Schumacher, 1817;
Pintadina H. M. D. de Blainville, 1826;
Unionium H. F. Link, 1807;
Wolfataria J. E. Gray, 1840 ?
Ref. Vaught, 1989 p 117
Syn. Margarita W. E. Leach, 1814;
Margaritifera ex Browne, H. L. Jameson, 1901;
Margaritiphora Megerle v. Muhlfeld, 1811;
Meleagrina J. B. P. A. de Lamarck, 1819;
Perlamater C. F. Schumacher, 1817;
Pintada J. E. Gray, 1847;
Pintadina H. M. D. de Blainville, 1826;
Unionium H. F. Link, 1807
Ref. Vokes, 1980 p 37

alaperdicis (L. A. Reeve, 1857)
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-31-0-1-0-0-0)
[=Pinctada imbricata P. F. Roding, 1798]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 440

barbata (L. A. Reeve, 1857)
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-31-0-2-0-0-0)
[=Pinctada mazatlanica (S. C. T. Hanley, 1856)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 440

imbricata P. F. Roding, 1798
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-31-0-3-0-0-0)
Atlantic Pearl Oyster, Atlantic Pearl-oyster
Ref. Amer. Fish. Soc., 1988 p 25
Syn. Pinctada alaperdicis (L. A. Reeve, 1857);
Pinctada radiata (W. E. Leach, 1814);
Pinctada squamulosa (J. B. P. A. de Lamarck, 1819)
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 440 c
Syn. Pinctada radiata W. E. Leach, 1814
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 302 c

margaritiferus [margaritifera] (C. v. Linne, 1758) [T]
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-31-0-4-0-0-0)
Black Lip Pearl Shell, Pearl Oyster
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 440
Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 301 c
Lindner, 1977 pl 53 c

maxima (H. L. Jameson, 1901)
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-31-0-5-0-0-0)
Golden Lip Pearl Shell, Silver Lip Pearl Shell
Ref. Lindner, 1977 pl 53 c

mazatlanica (S. C. T. Hanley, 1856)
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-31-0-6-0-0-0)
Panamanian Pearl Oyster
Syn. Pinctada barbata (L. A. Reeve, 1857)
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 440
Syn. Avicula (Meleagrina) barbata L. A. Reeve, 1857;
Avicula (Meleagrina) fimbriata authors, not W. Dunker, 1852;
Meleagrina mazatlanica S. C. T. Hanley, 1856;
Mytilus margaritiferus authors, not C. v. Linne, 1758
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 21
Syn. Avicula (Avicula) barbata L. A. Reeve, 1857
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 79 bw

radiata (W. E. Leach, 1814)
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-31-0-7-0-0-0)
[=Pinctada imbricata P. F. Roding, 1798]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 440
Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 302

squamulosa (J. B. P. A. de Lamarck, 1819)
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-31-0-8-0-0-0)
[=Pinctada imbricata P. F. Roding, 1798]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 440