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Family: Pteriidae pearl oysters



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30 species (see list below)
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Isognomon fimbriatus
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Pterelectroma physoides
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Pteria antelata
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Max. Length 5.2 cm DL
 
Pteria attilatomasi
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Southwest Pacific

Pteria avicula(Hotten, 1802)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Pteria avicula
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Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-West Pacific from M
Max. Length 13 cm ShL
Pteria avicular(Holten, 1802)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Pteria avicular
[Swift wing oyster]

Choi, Jong-Kwan

Western Pacific.

Pteria brevialata(Dunker, 1872)

Photo by Choi, Jong-Kwan
 
Pteria brevialata
[Ocarina wing shell]
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Pteria brunnea
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Pteria carchariarum
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Pteria chinensis
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O'Keefe, Jo

Western Atlantic.

Pteria colymbus(Roding, 1798)

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo
 
Pteria colymbus
[Atlantic wing-oyster]
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Pteria cookei
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Pteria coturnix
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Pteria crocea
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Pteria dendronephthya
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Pteria dendronepthya
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Pteria falcata
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Pteria gregata
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FAO

Mediterranean Sea

Pteria hirundo(Linnaeus, 1758)

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Pteria hirundo
[European wing oyster]
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Pteria lata
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Pteria levitata
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Pteria longisquamosa
[Scaly wing-oyster]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Pacific

Pteria loveni(Dunker, 1872)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Pteria loveni
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Pteria marmorata
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FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm SHL
Pteria penguin(Röding, 1798)

Photo by FAO
 
Pteria penguin
[Penguin wing oyster]
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Pteria physoides
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Pteria producta
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Pteria sterna
[Pacific wing-oyster]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Pacific

Pteria tortirostris(Dunker, 1848)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Pteria tortirostris
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Pteria vitrea
[Glassy wing-oyster]


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