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Categories: Commercial molluscs, Taxa named by Peter Friedrich Röding, Pteriidae, Bivalves described in 1758, Bivalve genera
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pearl oyster  Pinctada margaritifera  Black-lip oyster  black-lip pearl oyster
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Tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America; a major source of pearls WordNet 3.0
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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. Wikipedia
Any of several bivalve molluscs that are a source of pearls, but especially Pinctada margaritifera. Wiktionary
Bivalve mollusc that is a source of pearls. Wiktionary (translation)
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