''Pteria hirundo'' is a species of
bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, biv ...
belonging to the family
Pteriidae.
The species is found in Europe, Africa and the Americas.
Right and left valve of the same specimen:
File:Pteria hirundo 01.jpg, Right valve
File:Pteria hirundo 02.jpg, Left valve
References
Pteriidae
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Molluscs described in 1758
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