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Pinctada is a genus of saltwater oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pteriidae.These pearl oysters have a strong inner shell layer composed of nacre, also known as "mother of pearl".
Pinctada margaritifera, commonly known as the black-lip pearl oyster, is a species of pearl oyster, a saltwater mollusk, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pteriidae. This species is common in the Indo-Pacific within tropical coral reefs. The ability of P. margaritifera to produce pearls means that the species is a valuable resource to humans.
Pinctada maxima is a species of pearl oyster, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pteriidae, the pearl oysters. There are two different color varieties: the Gold-lipped oyster and the Silver-lipped oyster. These bivalves are the largest pearl oysters in the world.
The largest pearl-bearing oyster is the marine Pinctada maxima, which is roughly the size of a dinner plate. Not all individual oysters produce pearls. In nature, pearl oysters produce pearls by covering a minute invasive object with nacre. Over the years, the irritating object is covered with enough layers of nacre to become a pearl.
The English word pearl comes from the French perle, originally from the Latin perna ' leg ', after the ham- or mutton leg-shaped bivalve. [5] The scientific name for the family of pearl-bearing oysters, Margaritiferidae comes from the Old Persian word for pearl *margārīta-which is the source of the English name Margaret. [6] [7] [8]
The Latin pleurotus (side-ear) refers to the sideways growth of the stem with respect to the cap, while the Latin ostreatus (and the English common name, oyster) refers to the shape of the cap which resembles the bivalve of the same name. [2] The reference to oyster may also derive from the slippery texture of the mushroom. [2] The name grey ...
Pinctada mazatlanica is a species of tropical marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pteriidae, the pearl oysters. It is known by the English common names pearl oyster, Mazatlan pearl oyster, and Panama pearl oyster. Spanish common names include madre perla, and ostra perlifera panameña.
Pinctada radiata, commonly known as the Atlantic pearl-oyster [2] or the Gulf pearl oyster [1] is a species of pearl oyster distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific and in the Mediterranean. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Its range extends as far north as Japan and as far south as the Australian state of Victoria .