Pteria (bivalve)

Pteria; Temporal range: Triassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Pteria penguin
Scientific 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 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)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Bouchet, Philippe (2013). "Pteria". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
^ 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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[WoRMS-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.

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Pteria Temporal range: Triassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Pteria penguin
Scientific 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