Feather oysters
A live individual of Pteria hirundo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pteriida
Superfamily: Pterioidea
Family: Pteriidae
Gray, 1847
Genera

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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]

Some of the species in this family are important economically as the source of saltwater pearls.

Genera

Genera in the family Pteriidae include:

References

  1. ^ Pteriidae Gray, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
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