Summary description from Wikipedia:

Pinctada margaritifera in languages:

Chinese

黑蝶真珠蛤

Chinese

黑蝶珍珠蛤

Czech

perlotvorka mořská

English

Black-lip Pearl Shell

English

Black-lipped Pearl Oyster

French

Huître perlière

German

Gemeine Perlmuschel

Japanese

クロチョウガイ

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Parent Taxon

• Pinctada

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

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