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Pinctada margaritifera (Pacific Pearl Oyster)
Scientific name: Pinctada margaritifera

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Mollusca → Class Bivalvia → Subclass Autobranchia → Infraclass Pteriomorphia → Order Ostreida → Superfamily Pterioidea → Family Margaritidae → Genus Pinctada

Common name: Pacific Pearl Oyster
...also Black-Lipped Pearl Oyster
Locations: Hawaii, Indo-Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesBivalves
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Pinctada margaritifera (Pacific Pearl Oyster)
Pinctada margaritifera (Pacific Pearl Oyster)
Pinctada margaritifera (Pacific Pearl Oyster)
Pinctada margaritifera (Pacific Pearl Oyster)
Pinctada margaritifera (Pacific Pearl Oyster)
Pinctada margaritifera (Pacific Pearl Oyster)
Pinctada margaritifera (Pacific Pearl Oyster)
Pinctada margaritifera (Pacific Pearl Oyster)
Pinctada margaritifera (Pacific Pearl Oyster)
Pinctada margaritifera (Pacific Pearl Oyster)
Pinctada margaritifera (Pacific Pearl Oyster)
Pinctada margaritifera (Pacific Pearl Oyster)
Pinctada margaritifera (Pacific Pearl Oyster)
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