Pteria (bivalve)

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Pteria
Temporal range: Triassic–Recent
File:Pteria penguin 01 by Line1.JPG
Pteria penguin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pteriida
Family: Pteriidae
Genus: Pteria
Scopoli, 1777[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Magnavicula Austropteria
  • Iredale, 1939 Bruguière, 1792
  • Iredale, 1939 Phelopteria
  • Electroma Stephenson, 1953
  • Avicula (Pterelectroma) Iredale, 1939
File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.318311 - Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802) - Pteriidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802), museum specimens Naturalis
File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.318252 - Pteria fibrosa (Reeve, 1857) - Pteriidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Pteria fibrosa (Reeve, 1857), museum specimens Naturalis

Pteria is a genus of molluscs in the family Pteriidae.[2] 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:[1]

File:Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758).jpg
Pteria hirundo in situ.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bouchet, Philippe (2013). "Pteria". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  2. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 22.