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Which species is known as black lipped pearl oyster found in the Indo- Pacific, within tropical coral reefs?

  1. AAplysia dactylomela
  2. BDentalium neohexagonum
  3. CChaetopleura apiculata
  4. DPinctada margaritiferaCorrect answer
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D. Pinctada margaritifera

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Pinctada margaritifera is the black-lipped pearl oyster, an Indo-Pacific marine bivalve cultivated for pearls. The other listed organisms belong to different molluscan groups.

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