| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) |
Sharks Bay pearl oyster | Indo-Pacific | |
| Pinctada anomioides (Reeve, 1857) |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Pinctada capensis (Sowerby, 1889) |
Cape pearl-oyster | Western Indian Ocean | |
| Pinctada chemnitzii (Philippi, 1847) |
Tiled pearl oyster | Western Pacific | |
| Pinctada fucata (Gould, 1850) |
Japanese pearl oyster | Indo-West Pacific | 8 |
| Pinctada imbricata Roding, 1798 |
Atlantic pearl-oyster | Western Atlantic | 8.8 |
| Pinctada inflata (Schumacher, 1817) |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Pinctada longisquamosa (Dunker, 1852) |
Western Central Atlantic | 3.93 | |
| Pinctada maculata (Gould, 1850) |
Indo-Pacific and North Atlantic | 6 | |
| Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Pacific pearl-oyster | Indo-Pacific | 9.8 |
| Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901) |
Silverlip pearl oyster | Indo-West Pacific | 30 |
| Pinctada mazatlanica (Hanley, 1856) |
Mazatlan pearl oyster | Eastern Pacific | |
| Pinctada nigra (Gould, 1851) |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Pinctada phuketensis Somrup, Sangsawang, Liu & Muangmai, 2022 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814) |
Rayed pearl oyster | Indo-Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea | 10.05 |
| Pinctada sugillata (Reeve, 1857) |
Fringed pearl oyster | To be filled | |
| Pinctada syugillata (Reeve, 1857) |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Pinctada vulgaris (Schumacher, 1817) |
Indo-Pacific |