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Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
---|---|---|---|
Pteria antelata (Iredale, 1939) |
Western Pacific | ||
Pteria attilatomasi Macsotay & Campos, 2001 |
Western Atlantic | 5.2 | |
Pteria avicula (Hotten, 1802) |
Southwest Pacific | ||
Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802) |
Swift wing oyster | Indo-West Pacific from Myanmar to the Philippines; north to Japan and south to northern Australia | 13 |
Pteria brevialata (Dunker, 1872) |
Ocarina wing shell | Western Pacific | |
Pteria brunnea (Pease, 1863) |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
Pteria carchariarum Jameson, 1901 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
Pteria chinensis (Leach, 1814) |
Indo-Pacific | ||
Pteria colymbus (Roding, 1798) |
Atlantic wing-oyster | Western Atlantic | |
Pteria cookei Lamprell & Healy, 1997 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Pteria coturnix (Dunker, 1879) |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Pteria crocea (Lamarck, 1819) |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Pteria dendronephthya Habe, 1960 |
Western Pacific | ||
Pteria dendronepthya Habe, 1860 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Pteria falcata (Lamarck, 1819) |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Pteria gregata (Reeve, 1857) |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) |
European wing oyster | Mediterranean Sea | |
Pteria lata (Gray, 1845) |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Pteria levitata (Iredale, 1939) |
Western Pacific | ||
Pteria longisquamosa (Dunker, 1852) |
Scaly wing-oyster | Western Atlantic | |
Pteria loveni (Dunker, 1872) |
Western Pacific | ||
Pteria marmorata (Reeve, 1857) |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798) |
Penguin wing oyster | Indo-West Pacific | 30 |
Pteria producta (Reeve, 1857) |
Western Central Pacific | ||
Pteria sterna (Gould, 1851) |
Pacific wing-oyster | Eastern Pacific | |
Pteria tortirostris (Dunker, 1848) |
Western Pacific | ||
Pteria vitrea (Reeve, 1857) |
Glassy wing-oyster | Western Atlantic |