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Pearl oysters and pearl production techniques- Winter School on Recent Advances in Breeding and Larviculture of Marine Finfish and Shellfish

T S Velayudhan

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Pearl oysters are soft bodied marine pearl producing bivalve mollusk with hard protective shell. These animals \nproduce pearls. About 29 species of pearl oysters are available in the world and distributed in tropical and subtropical \nregions.

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Pearl oysters are soft bodied marine pearl producing bivalve mollusk with hard protective shell. These animals \nproduce pearls. About 29 species of pearl oysters are available in the world and distributed in tropical and subtropical \nregions.

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Pearl oysters are soft bodied marine pearl producing bivalve mollusk with hard protective shell. These animals \nproduce pearls. About 29 species of pearl oysters are available in the world and distributed in tropical and subtropical \nregions.

Key concepts: Pearl, Fishery, Shellfish, Pearl oyster, Biology, Aquaculture, Subtropics, Geography

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