WoRMS name details
Margaritifera natalensis (Jameson, 1901)
572325 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:572325)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
Margaritifera Jameson, 1901 accepted as Pinctada Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pteria (Margaritifera) natalensis Jameson, 1901) Jameson, H. L. (1901). On the identity and distribution of the Mother of Pearl Oysters with a revision of the subgenus <i>Margaritifera</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1901 (1): 372-394., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31591344
page(s): 382 [details]
page(s): 382 [details]
Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Margaritifera natalensis (Jameson, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572325 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pteria (Margaritifera) natalensis Jameson, 1901) Jameson, H. L. (1901). On the identity and distribution of the Mother of Pearl Oysters with a revision of the subgenus <i>Margaritifera</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1901 (1): 372-394., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31591344
page(s): 382 [details]
page(s): 382 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Kilburn R.N. (1973). The type material of South African marine Mollusca in the Natal Museum collection. Part 1. Bivalvia. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):697-711. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
