WoRMS taxon details
Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901)
464492 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464492)
accepted
Species
Margaritifera maxima (Jameson, 1901) · unaccepted
Pteria (Margaritifera) maxima Jameson, 1901 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Pteria (Margaritifera) maxima Jameson, 1901) Jameson, H. L. (1901). On the identity and distribution of the Mother of Pearl Oysters with a revision of the subgenus <i>Margaritifera</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1901 (1): 372-394., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31591344
page(s): 377-379 [details]
page(s): 377-379 [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of Papua
type locality contained in Gulf of Papua [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomy Huber (2010: 602) synonymized Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901) under Pinctada anomioides (Reeve, 1857), which he recognized...
Taxonomy Huber (2010: 602) synonymized Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901) under Pinctada anomioides (Reeve, 1857), which he recognized as a senior synonym. However, Tëmkin (2007) had placed the latter in synonymy of Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) based on his study of the holotype of Avicula anomioides Reeve, 1857. Bieler & Mikkelsen (2025: 5) followed Tëmkin and maintained prevailing usage of the name P. maxima, also in the interest of stability, for the commercially important and frequently cited species. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464492 on 2025-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pteria (Margaritifera) maxima Jameson, 1901) Jameson, H. L. (1901). On the identity and distribution of the Mother of Pearl Oysters with a revision of the subgenus <i>Margaritifera</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1901 (1): 372-394., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31591344
page(s): 377-379 [details]
page(s): 377-379 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2025). A taxonomic update for "Seashells of Southern Florida – Bivalves" (Mikkelsen and Bieler, 2007) with nomenclatural notes on other bivalve species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 139(1): 1-27.
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors
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status source Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). <i>BMC Evolutionary Biology</i> 10: 342., available online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2148-10-342.pdf [details]
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). <i>BMC Evolutionary Biology</i> 10: 342., available online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2148-10-342.pdf [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wada, K. ; Komaru, A. (1985). Karyotypes in Five Species of the Pteriidae (Bivalvia:Pteriomorphia)". <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 44(3): 183-192. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wada, K. ; Komaru, A. (1985). Karyotypes in Five Species of the Pteriidae (Bivalvia:Pteriomorphia)". <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 44(3): 183-192. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Huber (2010: 602) synonymized Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901) under Pinctada anomioides (Reeve, 1857), which he recognized as a senior synonym. However, Tëmkin (2007) had placed the latter in synonymy of Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) based on his study of the holotype of Avicula anomioides Reeve, 1857. Bieler & Mikkelsen (2025: 5) followed Tëmkin and maintained prevailing usage of the name P. maxima, also in the interest of stability, for the commercially important and frequently cited species. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pearl button oystermother-of-pearl shellgold-lip pearl-oystergolden-lip pearl oysterblack silver pearl oyster | [details] |
| German | Große Perlmuschel | [details] |
| Japanese | シロチョウガイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (57 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pteria (Margaritifera) maxima Jameson, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Pinctada maxima)
To Conchology (Pinctada maxima)
To Conchology (Pinctada maxima)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pinctada maxima)
To GenBank (10342 nucleotides; 151 proteins)
To Malacopics (Pinctada maxima (Jameson,191) Philippines, collected September 1992, ex coll. J. Tr...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pteria (Margaritifera) maxima Jameson, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Pinctada maxima)
To Conchology (Pinctada maxima)
To Conchology (Pinctada maxima)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pinctada maxima)
To GenBank (10342 nucleotides; 151 proteins)
To Malacopics (Pinctada maxima (Jameson,191) Philippines, collected September 1992, ex coll. J. Tr...
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