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This oyster along with the Pacific wing-oyster (Pteria sterna) was the subject of a pearl fishery in the Gulf of California since before the arrival of Hernando Cortez in 1535. The Spaniards quickly appreciated the value of the harvest and in 1586 declared the gathering of oysters to be a right of the Spanish crown. [10]
Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798 – Gulf pearl oyster; Pinctada inflata (Schumacher, 1817) Pinctada longisquamosa (Dunker, 1852) Pinctada maculata (Gould, 1850) – pipi pearl oyster; Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) – Black-lipped oyster; Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901) – gold-lipped oyster or silver-lipped oyster; Pinctada ...
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.
Pteria sterna, or commonly known as the rainbow-lipped pearl oyster or the Pacific wing-oyster, is a species of marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pteriidae, the pearl oysters. This oyster can be found in shallow water along the tropical and subtropical Pacific coast of America, its range including Baja California , Mexico and northern Peru .
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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.
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