Pteria (bivalve) explained

Pteria is a genus of molluscs in the family Pteriidae.^[1] 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) - 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)

Notes and References

1. 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.