Species under Pteria
n= 27
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
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