Pteria (bivalve)



Pteria is a genus of molluscs in the family Pteriidae. 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:


 * 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) &mdash; 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) &mdash; Penguin's wing oyster
 * Pteria saltata (Iredale, 1931)
 * Pteria spectrum (Reeve, 1857)
 * Pteria sterna Gould, 1851 &mdash; Pacific wing-oyster
 * Pteria straminea (Dunker, 1852)
 * Pteria tortirostris (Dunker, 1849)
 * Pteria venezuelensis (Dunker, 1872)