Pteriidae

Feather oysters
	A live individual of Pteria hirundo
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pteriida
Superfamily:	Pterioidea
Family:	Pteriidae; Gray, 1847
Genera
	See text

Short description: Family of molluscs

Pteriidae, also called the feather oysters, is a family of medium-sized to large saltwater oysters. They are pearl oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Pteriida.^[1]

Some of the species in this family are important economically as the source of saltwater pearls.

Genera

Genera in the family Pteriidae include:

Crenatula Lamarck, 1803
Electroma Stoliczka, 1871
Pinctada Röding, 1798
Pteria Scopoli, 1777 - winged oysters
Vulsella Röding, 1798

References

↑ Pteriidae Gray, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.

Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1

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[1] Pteriidae Gray, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.

Feather oysters

A live individual of Pteria hirundo
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pteriida
Superfamily:	Pterioidea
Family:	Pteriidae Gray, 1847
Genera
See text