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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
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