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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) — 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) in situ''. ==References==
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