Kingdom Animalia Class Bivalvia Family Pteriidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Order Pterioida Genus Pinctada | |
Similar Pinctada albina, Pteria colymbus, Pteriidae, Pinctada radiata, Pteria | ||
Pinctada longisquamosa is a species of pearl oyster, a saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pteriidae.
This species occurs in the tropical Western Atlantic, from Florida to the Virgin Islands, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Bahamas. The species was originally described as being from the Eastern Pacific Ocean, but this appears to have been due to an error in the locality data. Partly because of this confusion, the species has in the past fairly frequently been misidentified as Pteria colymbus or as Pinctada radiata.
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