Pteriidae

Pteria hirundo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pterioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Bivalvia Subclassis: Pteriomorphia Ordo: Pteriida Superfamilia: Pterioidea

Familia: Pteriidae
Genera: Pterelectroma – Pteria

Check: Crenatula – Electroma – Isognomon – Pinctada – Ulamus – Vulsella

Name

Pteriidae Gray, 1847 (1820): 199 (as "Pteriadae")

Type genus: Pteria Scopoli, 1777

Synonyms

• Aviculidae Goldfuss, 1820
• Pedalionidae Stephenson, 1923
• Reniellidae Iredale, 1939

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1847. A list of the genera of Recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129–219. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Pteriidae in the World Register of Marine Species

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