Pinctada


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Related to Pinctada: Pinctada margaritifera, pearl oyster
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Noun 1. [画像:Pinctada - pearl oysters]Pinctada - pearl oysters
mollusk genus - a genus of mollusks
family Pteriidae, Pteriidae - pearl oysters
pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera - tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America; a major source of pearls
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Study to investigate an invading bioindicator in the Mediterranean, Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814).
First record of the flat needlefish Ablennes hians (Valenciennes, 1846) from Syrian marine waters (eastern Mediterranean)
The pearl oysters Pinctada (Roding, 1798) and the winged pearl oysters Pteria (Scopoli, 1777) are classified in the family Pteriidae Gray, 1847 (Bivalvia: Pterioida).
COMPLETE MITOCHONDRIAL GENOMES OF TWO PEARL OYSTER SPECIES (BIVALVIA: PTERIOMORPHIA) REVEAL NOVEL GENE ARRANGEMENTS
Palawan is among the few places in the world where the Pinctada maxima oyster that produces the golden South Sea pearl can thrive.
The Gift of Heritage
[26.] Miyazaki T, Nishida T, Aoki H, Samata T (2010) Expression of genes responsible for biomineralization of Pinctada fucata during development.
Extracellular Matrix Components in Bivalvia: Shell and ECM Components in Developmental and Adult Tissues
Los taxa de macroinvertebrados que predominaron en la region fueron los erizos de mar Astropyga pulvinata, Diadema mexicanum, Echinometra vanbrunti y Eucidaris thouarsii; la estrella de mar Phataria unifascialis; los opistobranquios Elysia diomedea y Felimare agassizii; los bivalvos Hyotissa hyotis y Pinctada mazatlanica; el gasteropodo Vasum spp.; el pulpo Octopus spp.; y los crustaceos Panulirus gracilis y Stenorhynchus debilis.
When conservation can keep up with development's pace: Health status of coral ecosystems in the North Pacific of Costa Rica/Cuando la conservacion no puede seguir el ritmo del desarrollo: Estado de salud de los ecosistemas coralinos del Pacifico Norte de Costa Rica
The centerpiece 'Variations' is a multilayered solid work of Tahitian black-lip mother-of-pearl, locally sourced Pinctada maxima and kamagong wood.
From jewelry to sculpture: Mother-of-pearl births new Hans Brumann creations
De novo assembly, gene annotation, and simple sequence repeat marker development using Illumina paired-end transcriptome sequences in the pearl oyster Pinctada maxima.
Development of SSR Markers Using RNA-Seq Approach and Genetic Diversity of Two Populations of Asian Moon Scallop Amusium pleuronectes
In this study, we firstly investigated the associations of genome methylation level and growth traits in pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata (P.
Correlation between Genome Methylation Level and Growth Trait of Pearl Oyster, Pinctada fucata
Ciclo gametogenico de la ostra Pinctada imbricata en cultivo suspendido en el Golfo de Cariaco, Venezuela
Gametogenic cycle of the oyster, Pinctada imbricata, in suspended culture in the Gulf of Cariaco, Venezuela
The ultrastructural details for Isognomon legumen and Pinctada margaritifera, illustrated by Esteban-Delgado et al.
Physiological versus biological control in bivalve calcite prisms: Comparison of euheterodonts and pteriomorphs

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