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    Pteria (bivalve)

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Genus of bivalves

    Pteria
    Temporal range: Triassic–Recent
    Pteria penguin
    Scientific classification e
    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
    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)


    Pteria hirundo in situ.


    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bouchet, Philippe (2013). "Pteria". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138397. 
    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.

    Wikidata ☰ Q3013202 entry




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