Pteriidae, also called the feather oysters, is a
family of medium-sized to large saltwater clams. They are pearl oysters,
marine bivalve molluscs in the order
Pteriida
The Pteriida are an order of large and medium-sized marine bivalve mollusks. It includes five families, among them the Pteriidae (pearl oysters and winged oysters).
2010 taxonomy
In 2010, a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia ...
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Some of the species in this family are important economically as the source of saltwater
pearl
A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as fossil conulariids. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is composed of calcium carb ...
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Genera
Genera in the family Pteriidae include:
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Crenatula
''Crenatula'' is a genus in the family Pteriidae.
References
* Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 342
External links
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''Crenatula ...
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Lamarck, 1803
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Electroma''
Stoliczka, 1871
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Pinctada
''Pinctada'' is a genus of saltwater oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pteriidae. These pearl oysters have a strong inner shell layer composed of nacre, also known as "mother of pearl".
Pearl oysters are not closely related to eit ...
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Röding, 1798
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Pteria''
Scopoli, 1777 - winged oysters
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Vulsella''
Röding, 1798
References
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Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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Bivalve families