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 <small>Wang, 2002</small>
- Pteria aegyptiaca <small>(Dillwyn, 1817)</small>
- Pteria atlantica <small>(Lamarck, 1819)</small>
- Pteria avicular <small> (Holten, 1802)</small>
- Pteria bernhardi <small> (Iredale, 1939)</small>
- Pteria broomei <small> Huber, 2010</small>
- Pteria brunnea <small> (Pease, 1863)</small>
- Pteria bulliformis <small> Wang, 2002</small>
- Pteria colymbus <small>(Roding, 1798)</small> — Atlantic wing-oyster
- Pteria cooki <small> Lamprell & Healy, 1997</small>
- Pteria dendronephthya <small> Habe, 1960</small>
- Pteria fibrosa <small> (Reeve, 1857)</small>
- Pteria formosa <small> (Reeve, 1857)</small>
- Pteria gregata <small> (Reeve, 1857)</small>
- Pteria heteroptera <small> (Lamarck, 1819)</small>
- Pteria hirundo <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
- Pteria howensis <small> Lamprell & Healy, 1997</small>
- Pteria lata <small> (Gray in Eyre, 1845)</small>
- Pteria levitata <small>(Iredale, 1939)</small>
- Pteria maccullochi <small>(Iredale, 1939)</small>
- Pteria maura <small> (Reeve, 1857)</small>
- Pteria peasei <small> (Dunker, 1872)</small> â swift wing oyster
- Pteria penguin <small> (Röding, 1798)</small> — Penguin's wing oyster
- Pteria saltata <small> (Iredale, 1931)</small>
- Pteria spectrum <small> (Reeve, 1857)</small>
- Pteria sterna <small>Gould, 1851</small> — Pacific wing-oyster
- Pteria straminea <small> (Dunker, 1852)</small>
- Pteria tortirostris <small> (Dunker, 1849)</small>
- Pteria venezuelensis <small> (Dunker, 1872)</small>
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