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n. - Pearl oysters.

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  • In the past there was commercial over-exploitation of the sea cucumbers Isostichopus fuscus and Parastichopus parvimensis, of mother-of-pearl Pinctada mazatlanica and...
  • Akoya pearls are cultured saltwater pearls which are cultivated from the oyster species Pinctada fucata martensii, ...
  • Cable Beach Club Resort there's not really another resort alternative up in Broome, and Pinctada is already promoting itself as being the finest accommodation in town.
  • From 1999 to 2009, the combined production of South Sea cultured pearls - the large, white-to-golden gems of the silver-lipped Pinctada maxima oyster, native to Australia
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