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Pteria (bivalve)

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(Redirected from Winged oysters) Genus of bivalves

Pteria
Temporal range: Triassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Pteria penguin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pteriida
Family: Pteriidae
Genus: Pteria
Scopoli, 1777
Synonyms
  • 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. 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 hirundo in situ.


References

  1. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Pteria


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