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