Pteria (bivalve)

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.

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

Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802), museum specimens Naturalis

Pteria fibrosa (Reeve, 1857), museum specimens Naturalis

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.