Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pinctada mazatlanica
madre perla, ostra perlífera panameña, Panamanian pearl oyster
Length: 100 to 125 mm.
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), intertidal, 0-30 m depth..
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Ostreida
Superfamily
Pterioidea
Family
Margaritidae
Genus
Pinctada
Species
mazatlanica
Taxon category: Accepted
CAS: 23192, 27550, 27554, 27556, 27579, CDRS: 253, 689, 788, 1026, 1095, I-1304, MHNG: expedition to the Galapagos, 1993; Syn.: Avicula barbata Reeve, 1857 (synonym), Meleagrina mazatlanica Hanley, 1855 (basionym), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: California to Peru and Galápagos Islands.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Fischer, W. Krupp, F., Schneider, W., Sommer, C., Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (1995) Guia FAO para la identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Pacifico centro-oriental. Vol. I. Plantas e Invertebrados. FAO, Roma, 646 pp.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pinctada mazatlanica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8046. Accessed 31 October 2026.