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Species Page:

Scaly Pearl Oyster

(Dunker, 1852)

Pinctada longisquamosa

Class:

Bivalvia

Order:

Ostreida

Family:

Margaritidae

Margaritidae

Image Voucher: 

ANSP

Shell Information

Length (mm): 39.3

N/A

Chirality:

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

Florida to Quintana Roo

0 to 18 meters

Diet:

Suspension feeder

Habitat:

Marine

Misc. Facts

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pinctada longisquamosa (Dunker, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420734 on 2021-07-20

Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/

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