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  Electroma Stoliczka, 1871(depths in collection: 6 to 25m deep)
   
 
 
Electroma ovata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Tropical Indo-W. Pacific
B_PTER_027 Philippines 34mm
Electroma zebra (Reeve, 1857)
Tropical Indo-W. Pacific
B_PTER_026 Philippines 16mm
 
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  Pinctada Röding, 1798 (depths in collection: 1 to 100m deep)
   
 
 
Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798
N. Carolina to Brasil, Caribbean, farmed in Indo-Pacific
B_PTER_022 Brasil 23mm
 
 
 
Pinctada capensis (Sowerby, 1889)
Southern Africa
B_PTER_025 South Afrtica 43mm
 
 
 
Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814)
Red Sea & Mediterranean, Hawaii
B_PTER_005 Crete 40mm
 
 
 
Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814)
Red Sea & Mediterranean, Hawaii
B_PTER_006 Crete 54mm
Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814)
Red Sea & Mediterranean, Hawaii
B_PTER_010 Crete 43mm
 
 
Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Red Sea to Hawaii, Philippines to Queensland
B_PTER_024 Philippines 105mm
 
 
 
Pinctada nigra (Gould, 1850)
...Philippines, Queensland...
B_PTER_030 Philippines 54mm
 
 
 
Pinctada nigra (Gould, 1850)
...Philippines, Queensland...
B_PTER_032 Philippines 44-55mm
 
 
 
Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901)
W. Pacific to French Polynesia
B_PTER_012 Philippines 140mm
 
 
 
Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901)
W. Pacific to French Polynesia
B_PTER_023 Philippines 180mm
 
 
 
Pinctada mazatlanica (Hanley, 1856)
W. Mexico to Peru
B_PTER_020 Peru 165mm
 
 
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  Pteria Scopoli, 1777 (depths in collection: "intertidal", 1 to 80m deep)
   
 
 
Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
British Isles to Angola & offshore islands, Mediterranean
B_PTER_008 S. Spain 78-80mm
 
 
 
Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
British Isles to Angola & offshore islands, Mediterranean
B_PTER_007 S. France 40mm
 
 
 
Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
British Isles to Angola & offshore islands, Mediterranean
B_PTER_018 Congo 74mm
Syn: Pteria atlantica (Lamarck, 1819)
 
 
Pteria sterna (Gould, 1851) complex sp.1
W. Mexico to Peru
B_PTER_002 W. Panama 80mm
 
 
 
Pteria sterna (Gould, 1851) complex sp.2
W. Mexico to Peru
B_PTER_009 W. Panama 55mm
 
 
 
Pteria sterna (Gould, 1851) complex sp.2
W. Mexico to Peru
B_PTER_021 Peru 122mm
 
 
 
Pteria colymbus (Gould, 1851)
N. Carolina to Brasil
B_PTER_004 Brasil 55mm
 
 
 
Pteria colymbus (Gould, 1851)
N. Carolina to Brasil
B_PTER_003 Venezuela 90mm
 
 
 
Pteria colymbus (Gould, 1851)
N. Carolina to Brasil
B_PTER_011 Bahamas 54mm
 
 
 
Pteria dendronephtya Habe, 1960b
W. Pacific
B_PTER_014 Philippines 40mm
 
 
 
Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802)
Indian Ocean to Philippines
B_PTER_013 Philippines 71mm
 
 
 
Pteria loveni (Dunker, 1872)
S. Africa, Japan, China Sea
B_PTER_015 Philippines 99mm
 
 
 
Pteria loveni (Dunker, 1872)
S. Africa, Japan, China Sea
B_PTER_028 Philippines 57mm
 
 
 
Pteria tortirostris (Dunker, 1848)
Indo-W. Pacific
B_PTER_029 South Africa 55.5mm
 
 
 
Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798)
Red Sea to Philippines, to Queensland
B_PTER_019 Thailand 156mm
 
 
 
Pteria brevialata (Dunker, 1872)
Hong Kong to Australia
B_PTER_016 Philippines 55mm
 
 
 
Pteria brevialata (Dunker, 1872)
Hong Kong to Australia
B_PTER_017 Philippines 54mm
 
 
 
Pteria falcata (Lamarck, 1819)
Malaysia to Australia
B_PTER_034 Singapore 65mm
 
 
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