Pteriidae, also called the feather oysters, is a family of medium-sized to large saltwater oysters. They are pearl oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Pteriida.[1]
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| A live individual of Pteria hirundo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pteriida |
| Superfamily: | Pterioidea |
| Family: | Pteriidae Gray, 1847 |
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Some of the species in this family are important economically as the source of saltwater pearls.
Genera edit
Genera in the family Pteriidae include:
References edit
- ^ Pteriidae Gray, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1