Pteria (bivalve)

Short description: Genus of bivalves

Pteria

Temporal range: Triassic–Recent

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Pteria penguin
Scientific classification
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.

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