| Main Ref. | Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006 |
| To | Cook Is. (Suwarrow) |
| FAO area | Pacific, Eastern Central |
| From | Cape Cork Peninsula |
| FAO area | |
| Year | 1904 |
| Range | |
| Period | 1900-1924 |
| Established in the Wild | no |
| Established in Aquaculture | |
| Significant Ecological Interactions | probably no |
| Significant Socio-economic Effects | |
| Introduced by | individual |
| Reason | aquaculture |
| Other Reason | |
| Comments | 1,500 specimens of Pinctada maxima was transplanted by the Leven Brothers in 1904. To date no specimens of P. maxima have been found. It is however assumed that the introduction may have caused hybridisation of the local stock. |