{"scientificNameAuthorship":"(Lamarck, 1819)","RecordModifiedOn":"2018-10-03","CAAB_code":"23236001","phylum":"Mollusca","Notes":"The dark colour form previously called <i>Pinctada nigra</i> is now included in this species, see Tëmkin, 2010. The range of this species is normally tropical, but juveniles attached to floating debris, eg pumice, are sometimes found well outside its' normal range due to drifting long distances with their substrate. See Grove (2014) <i>Malac. Soc. Aust. Newsletter</i> 152:10-11. This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 658002 (FISHLIST 658002).","habitat":"Marine unspecified<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"Tëmkin, I., 2010. Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea)., <i>Evolutionary Biology</i>, Vol. 10(342): 1-28.","Parent_Id":23236901,"scientificName":"Pinctada albina","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Pterioida","otherVernacularNames":"pale pearl oyster|Shark Bay pearl oyster<ASH>","Reference":"Lamprell, K. Healy, J., 1998, <i>Bivalves of Australia. Volume 2</i>. Backhuys, Leiden","vernacularName":"Pale Pearl Oyster","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"1999-10-01","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464498","family":"Pteriidae","standardName":"Pale Pearl Oyster (AS5300)","class":"Bivalvia","scientificNameID_AFD":"urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:4e3fed8d-36cf-4eb6-85ea-2b0f4def68e5","CAAB_status":"Valid"}