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Pteria (bivalve)

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Pteria
Temporal range: Triassic–Recent
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]
  • Austropteria Iredale, 1939
  • Avicula Bruguière, 1792
  • Electroma (Pterelectroma) Iredale, 1939
  • Magnavicula Iredale, 1939
  • Phelopteria Stephenson, 1953
Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802), museum specimens Naturalis
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]

  • Pteria admirabilis Wang, 2002
  • Pteria aegyptiaca (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Pteria atlantica (Lamarck, 1819)
  • 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 levitata (Iredale, 1939)
  • Pteria maccullochi (Iredale, 1939)
  • Pteria maura (Reeve, 1857)
  • Pteria peasei (Dunker, 1872) ‒ swift wing oyster
  • Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798) — Penguin's wing oyster
  • 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)
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Pteria hirundo in situ.


References

  1. ^ a b c 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.


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