Pinctada maxima is a species of pearl oyster, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pteriidae, the pearl oysters. There are two different color varieties:...
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Gold-lip oyster, Pinctada maxima; Australia; Fiji; Tahiti; White-lip oyster, Pinctada maxima; Australia; Fiji; Tahiti; Myanmar; Pinctada mazatlanica; Mexico;...
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living oysters, the species Pinctada fucata and Pteria penguin being mainly used for this purpose in Japan and Pinctada maxima in Australia. The oyster spat...
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the Tahitian pearls, which are produced by Pinctada margaritifera (black-lipped oysters) and Pinctada maxima (gold-lipped and white-lipped oysters). Although...
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GIA – is a pearl produced by the Pinctada maxima pearl oyster. South Sea pearls are the color of their host Pinctada maxima oyster – and can be white, silver...
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Philippine Medal of Honor Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park in Sulu Sea; Pinctada maxima, South Sea pearl; Mindanao design for T'nalak (Ikat-dyed abaca) Limited...
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2022 Reverse Design Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, South Sea pearl (Pinctada maxima), Mindanao design for T'nalak (Ikat-dyed abaca) Designer Studio 5 Designs...
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note feature the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, the South Sea Pearl (Pinctada maxima), and a cloth design from the Mindanao design for T'nalak (Ikat-dyed...
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maxima may refer to: Paracrocidura maxima, an African mammal Pectinodonta maxima, a true limpet Phyllosticta maxima, a plant pathogen Pinctada maxima...
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Pinctada margaritifera and P. maxima to variations in particulates”. Marine Ecological Progress Series. Retrieved 2014-2-19. Ciesm (2002). “Pinctada margaritifera”...
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Pinctada albina is a species of pearl oyster of the genus Pinctada, known as the Shark Bay shell. Another common name is the Arafura shell, endemic to...
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largillierti Grooved carpet shell Sessile bivalves Oyster Mussel Pearl oyster Pinctada maxima Freshwater bivalves Freshwater pearl mussel Cephalopods Octopus Squid...
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jefferyi) July 4, 1995 Proclamation No. 615 National gem Philippine pearl (Pinctada maxima) October 15, 1996 Proclamation No. 905 National martial art and sport...
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(2003). Larval settlement of the silver- or goldlip pearl oyster Pinctada maxima (Jameson) in response to natural biofilms and chemical cues. Aquaculture...
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of commercial value. The largest pearl-bearing oyster is the marine Pinctada maxima, which is roughly the size of a dinner plate. Not all individual oysters...
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thalassocratic Sultanate of Sulu have a gold colored variety from the Pinctada maxima Pearl oyster. This golden pearl is the national gemstone of the Philippines...
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explore inland Hanover Bay 1861 The giant North West pearl oyster the Pinctada maxima was discovered in Roebuck Bay by the crew of the Dolphin. Roebuck Bay...
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Philippine Medal of Honor Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park in Sulu Sea; Pinctada maxima, South Sea pearl; Mindanao design for T'nalak (Ikat-dyed abaca) Limited...
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of the host bivalve. South Sea and Tahitian pearl oysters, as Pinctada maxima and Pinctada margaritifera, respectively, which survive the subsequent surgery...
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to make shirt buttons. The local pearl oyster is Golden Lip Oyster, Pinctada maxima. Trochus shell was also gathered using specialized boats. Most shell...
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direction for Pinna muricata, to 77 GPa in the perpendicular direction for Pinctada maxima. Dried samples read higher Young’s moduli values when compared to their...
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harvest the oysters. The Australian pearling industry is based on the Pinctada maxima pearl oyster species. Since the mid-1950s the industry has focused...
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Manikam V. PILLAI - Samresan PILLAY - Sarojini PILLAY - Wayne PIVAC - Pinctada maxima - Pipermethystine - Pipturus platyphyllus - Pittosporum pickeringii...
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Volutidae Gastropoda 363.0 Cymbiola magnifica Volutidae Gastropoda 361.0 Pinctada maxima Pteriidae Bivalvia 359.3 Crassostrea gigas Ostreidae Bivalvia 357.0...
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decorative pearl shells (Riji) made by local Aboriginal people from Pinctada maxima, were noted by Europeans. The industry began in the mid-1860s with...
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3 species of pearl oysters: Black-lip oyster (Pinctada margaritifera), White-lip oyster (Pinctada maxima), and Pteria penguin. Six species of giant clam...
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junior homonym of Margarita Leach, 1814 [Bivalvia, Pteriidae], a synonym of Pinctada Röding, 1798. The accepted name is Margarites Gray, 1847 Species brought...
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Honeycomb oysters Hyotissa numisma Pteriidae – Pearl oysters Cape pearl oyster Pinctada capensis (Cape Agulhas to Mozambique) Pectinidae – Scallops Dwarf fan shell...
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and Harpago arthritica). Bivalves include the black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera), prickly pen shell (Pinna muricata), tiger lucine (Codakia...
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the Abrolhos, including the Shark Bay pearl oyster (Pinctada albina), the maxima clam (Tridacna maxima), rock oysters (Saccostrea sp.), the saucer scallop...
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