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James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons / https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Pinctada_fucata_%28…IMAGE INFORMATION

Pearl Oyster from India

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

April 3, 1806

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 15

Notes:

This specimen was likely Pinctada fucata.

Current Common Name:

Pearl oyster

Current Scientific Name

Pinctada fucata