Talk:Pinctada

Pearl diving

Please link appropriately with the page about Pearl diving (Pearl hunting). This would seem helpful, but I am myself not a expert in this topic. So if you are one, please add this connection. Thanks. 83.76.179.107 15:05, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Japanese pearls

So what is Japanese pearls are they just oysters or they really pearls or are oysters pearls. so i know this is my homework but i do not have a computer

Answer: The term Japanese Pearls is no longer used. This used to refer to Japanese Akoya pearls and pearls from Lake Biwa. But today Lake Biwa no longer produces pearls, and the Japanese Akoya pearl industry is dying - the Japanese are now importing Akoya from China, stringing them, and selling them as "made in Japan". But in reality they are now simply Akoya pearls. The Japanese pearl oyster is the Akoya, or Pinctada fucata martensii. This oyster is still used in Japan, China, and a few other countries to culture pearls.

For further reading visit: http://www.pearl-guide.com/japanese-akoya-pearls.shtml help me this is my homework —Preceding unsigned comment added by George J M (talk • contribs) 15:05, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Errors

Paragraph 4: is "phycological" an error for "physiological", or is there actually something seaweed-related here? I would correct it except I don't want to make it incorrect. User:Octopod —Preceding undated comment added 22:32, 24 March 2011 (UTC).

Stubs

Hello. What's the word on Pinctada maxima and Pinctada margaritifera? Are they true species or just varieties of a single species? I would like to stub them. Thanks. --Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:47, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

File:Pinctada margaritifera MHNT.CON.2002.893.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Pinctada margaritifera MHNT.CON.2002.893.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on March 20, 2016. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2016-03-20. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:46, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Picture of the day

A black-lip oyster (Pinctada margaritifera) specimen. This species of clam in the genus Pinctada is a marine bivalve mollusc that is harvested for its pearls in the Persian Gulf and southwestern part of the Indian Ocean, Fiji, Tahiti, Myanmar, Baja California, and the Gulf of Mexico.Photograph: Didier Descouens

• Ok Update performed --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:13, 5 March 2016 (UTC)