WoRMS taxon details
Margaritidae Blainville, 1824
564652 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:564652)
accepted
Family
Margarita Leach, 1814 accepted as Pinctada Röding, 1798
- Genus Pinctada Röding, 1798
- Species Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Pinctada capensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1890)
- Species Pinctada chemnitzii (R. A. Philippi, 1849)
- Species Pinctada cumingii (Reeve, 1857)
- Species Pinctada fucata (A. Gould, 1850)
- Subspecies Pinctada fucata martensi accepted as Pinctada fucata (A. Gould, 1850) (misspelling)
- Subspecies Pinctada fucata martensii (Dunker, 1880) accepted as Pinctada fucata (A. Gould, 1850)
- Species Pinctada galtsoffi Bartsch, 1931
- Species Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798
- Subspecies Pinctada imbricata fucata (A. Gould, 1850) accepted as Pinctada fucata (A. Gould, 1850)
- Subspecies Pinctada imbricata imbricata Röding, 1798 accepted as Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798
- Subspecies Pinctada imbricata radiata (Leach, 1814) accepted as Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814)
- Species Pinctada inflata (Schumacher, 1817)
- Species Pinctada longisquamosa (Dunker, 1852)
- Species Pinctada maculata (A. Gould, 1850)
- Species Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901)
- Species Pinctada mazatlanica (Hanley, 1856)
- Species Pinctada nigra (A. Gould, 1850)
- Species Pinctada persica (Jameson, 1901)
- Species Pinctada petersii (Dunker, 1852)
- Species Pinctada phuketensis Somrup, Sangsawang, S.-K. Liu & Muangmai, 2022
- Species Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814)
- Species Pinctada reeveana (Dunker, 1872)
- Species Pinctada sugillata (Reeve, 1857)
- Species Pinctada vidua (A. Gould, 1850)
- Species Pinctada anomioides (Reeve, 1857) accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Pinctada anomoides [sic] accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) (misspelling)
- Species Pinctada atropurpurea (Dunker, 1852) accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Pinctada colymbus Röding, 1798 accepted as Pteria colymbus (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
- Species Pinctada epitheca Iredale, 1939 accepted as Pinctada chemnitzii (R. A. Philippi, 1849)
- Species Pinctada foliacea Röding, 1798 accepted as Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Pinctada martensi accepted as Pinctada fucata (A. Gould, 1850) (misspelling)
- Species Pinctada martensii (Dunker, 1880) accepted as Pinctada fucata (A. Gould, 1850)
- Species Pinctada penguin Röding, 1798 accepted as Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
- Species Pinctada perrutila Iredale, 1939 accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Pinctada apus Röding, 1798 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Pinctada brunnea Röding, 1798 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Pinctada crocata (Swainson, 1831) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pinctada vulgaris (Schumacher, 1817) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1824). Mollusques, Mollusca (Malacoz.), pp. 1-392. In: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 32. Levrault, Strasbourg et Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25299230
page(s): 313 [details]
page(s): 313 [details]
Homonymy Homonymy with Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Gastropoda), a name also in current use, needs to be resolved
Homonymy Homonymy with Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Gastropoda), a name also in current use, needs to be resolved [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Margaritidae Blainville, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564652 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1824). Mollusques, Mollusca (Malacoz.), pp. 1-392. In: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 32. Levrault, Strasbourg et Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25299230
page(s): 313 [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J. P. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 313 [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J. P. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
status source
Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297].
page(s): 372 [details]
page(s): 372 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Combosch, D. J.; Collins, T. M.; Glover, E. A.; Graf, D. L.; Harper, E. M.; Healy, J. M.; Kawauchi, G. Y.; Lemer, S.; McIntyre, E.; Strong, E. E.; Taylor, J. D.; Zardus, J. D.; Mikkelsen, P. M.; Giribet, G.; Bieler, R. (2017). A family-level Tree of Life for bivalves based on a Sanger-sequencing approach. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 107: 191-208., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790316303104 [details]
additional source Tsubaki, R., Kameda, Y., Kato M. (2011). Pattern and process of diversification in an ecologically diverse epifaunal bivalve group Pterioidea (Pteriomorphia, Bivalvia). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 58: 97–104., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.014 [details]
additional source Combosch, D. J.; Collins, T. M.; Glover, E. A.; Graf, D. L.; Harper, E. M.; Healy, J. M.; Kawauchi, G. Y.; Lemer, S.; McIntyre, E.; Strong, E. E.; Taylor, J. D.; Zardus, J. D.; Mikkelsen, P. M.; Giribet, G.; Bieler, R. (2017). A family-level Tree of Life for bivalves based on a Sanger-sequencing approach. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 107: 191-208., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790316303104 [details]
additional source Tsubaki, R., Kameda, Y., Kato M. (2011). Pattern and process of diversification in an ecologically diverse epifaunal bivalve group Pterioidea (Pteriomorphia, Bivalvia). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 58: 97–104., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.014 [details]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Homonymy with Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Gastropoda), a name also in current use, needs to be resolved [details]