Pinctada albina: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Ostreida
- Family
- Margaritidae
- Genus
- Pinctada
- Species
- Pinctada albina
- Scientific Name
- Pinctada albina
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pinctada albina
Pinctada albina is a species of pearl oyster of the genus Pinctada, known as the Shark Bay shell. Another common name is the Arafura shell, endemic to Arafura Sea in Indonesia. It is called the "Amami gai" in Japan.
...Pinctada albina in languages:
- English
- Pale Pearl Oyster
- Japanese
- モスソアコヤ
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Pinctada albina
- Pinctada capensis
- Pinctada chemnitzii
- Pinctada cumingii
- Pinctada fucata
- Pinctada galtsoffi
- Pinctada imbricata
- Pinctada inflata
- Pinctada longisquamosa
- Pinctada maculata
- Pinctada margaritifera
- Pinctada maxima
- Pinctada mazatlanica
- Pinctada nigra
- Pinctada petersii
- Pinctada radiata
- Pinctada reeveana
- Pinctada sugillata
- Pinctada vidua