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Pteria (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Pteriidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Bivalvia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Pterioida

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Pteria penguin, Pteriidae, Pteria sterna, Pinctada, Pteria hirundo

Pteria is a genus of molluscs in the family Pteriidae. The species of the genus are sometimes referred to as wing-oysters or winged oysters.

Selected species

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:

  • Pteria admirabilis Wang, 2002
  • Pteria aegyptiaca (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802)
  • Pteria bernhardi (Iredale, 1939)
  • Pteria broomei Huber, 2010
  • Pteria brunnea (Pease, 1863)
  • Pteria bulliformis Wang, 2002
  • Pteria colymbus (Roding, 1798) — Atlantic wing-oyster
  • Pteria cooki Lamprell & Healy, 1997
  • Pteria dendronephthya Habe, 1960
  • Pteria fibrosa (Reeve, 1857)
  • Pteria formosa (Reeve, 1857)
  • Pteria gregata (Reeve, 1857)
  • Pteria heteroptera (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Pteria hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
  • Pteria howensis Lamprell & Healy, 1997
  • Pteria lata (Gray in Eyre, 1845)
  • Pteria maura (Reeve, 1857)
  • Pteria peasei (Dunker, 1872) ‒ swift wing oyster
  • Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798) — Penguin's wing oyster
  • Pteria physoides (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Pteria saltata (Iredale, 1931)
  • Pteria spectrum (Reeve, 1857)
  • Pteria sterna Gould, 1851 — Pacific wing-oyster
  • Pteria straminea (Dunker, 1852)
  • Pteria tortirostris (Dunker, 1849)
  • Pteria venezuelensis (Dunker, 1872)

    • References

    Pteria (genus) Wikipedia
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