''Pteria'' is a genus of
molluscs in the family
Pteriidae
Pteriidae, also called the feather oysters, is a family of medium-sized to large saltwater clams. They are pearl oysters, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Pteriida.
Some of the species in this family are important economically as the sourc ...
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[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.] The species of the genus are sometimes referred to as wing-oysters or winged oysters.
Selected species
The
World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms.
Content
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includes the following species in the genus:
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* '' Pteria admirabilis'' Wang, 2002
* '']Pteria aegyptiaca Pteria may refer to:
*Pteria (Cappadocia)
Pteria ( grc, Πτερία) was the capital of the Assyrians in northern Cappadocia. They were said by Herodotus to have been taken and ruined by Croesus in 547 BCE. It also was the place of the Ba ...
'' (Dillwyn, 1817)
* '' Pteria atlantica'' (Lamarck, 1819)
* ''Pteria avicular Pteria may refer to:
*Pteria (Cappadocia)
Pteria ( grc, Πτερία) was the capital of the Assyrians in northern Cappadocia. They were said by Herodotus to have been taken and ruined by Croesus in 547 BCE. It also was the place of the Ba ...
'' (Holten, 1802)
* ''Pteria bernhardi Pteria may refer to:
*Pteria (Cappadocia)
Pteria ( grc, Πτερία) was the capital of the Assyrians in northern Cappadocia. They were said by Herodotus to have been taken and ruined by Croesus in 547 BCE. It also was the place of the Ba ...
'' (Iredale, 1939)
* ''Pteria broomei Pteria may refer to:
*Pteria (Cappadocia)
Pteria ( grc, Πτερία) was the capital of the Assyrians in northern Cappadocia. They were said by Herodotus to have been taken and ruined by Croesus in 547 BCE. It also was the place of the Ba ...
'' Huber, 2010
* ''Pteria brunnea Pteria may refer to:
*Pteria (Cappadocia)
Pteria ( grc, Πτερία) was the capital of the Assyrians in northern Cappadocia. They were said by Herodotus to have been taken and ruined by Croesus in 547 BCE. It also was the place of the Ba ...
'' (Pease, 1863)
* ''Pteria bulliformis Pteria may refer to:
*Pteria (Cappadocia)
Pteria ( grc, Πτερία) was the capital of the Assyrians in northern Cappadocia. They were said by Herodotus to have been taken and ruined by Croesus in 547 BCE. It also was the place of the Ba ...
'' Wang, 2002
* ''Pteria colymbus
''Pteria colymbus'', the Atlantic winged oyster, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Pteriidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to Bermuda and Brazil.
Description
The Atlantic wing ...
'' (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 Pteria may refer to:
*Pteria (Cappadocia)
Pteria ( grc, Πτερία) was the capital of the Assyrians in northern Cappadocia. They were said by Herodotus to have been taken and ruined by Croesus in 547 BCE. It also was the place of the Ba ...
'' (Dunker, 1849)
* '' Pteria venezuelensis'' (Dunker, 1872)
References
Pteriidae
Extant Triassic first appearances
Paleozoic life of Alberta
Bivalve genera
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