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The best known of the first type is the so-called pearl oyster (_Meleagrina margaritifera_).
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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The finest and largest are produced from the Meleagrina margaratifera, (_Lamarck_,) a native of the sea, and of various coasts.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 570, October 13, 1832 Various
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[Footnote 1: It is almost unnecessary to say that the shell fish which produces the true Oriental pearls is not an oyster, but belongs to the genus Avicula, or more correctly, Meleagrina.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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