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Species » Pearl oyster
| Scientific Name | Pteriidae |
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| Type | Molluscs |
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Family | Pteriidae (Pearl Oysters) |
| Genus | Pteriidae |
| Origin | Native |
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| Pteriidae | |
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| Pinctada margaritifera | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pterioida |
| Family: | Pteriidae Gray, 1847 |
| Genera | |
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Pteriidae is a family of medium-sized to large saltwater clams. They are pearl oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Pterioida.
Some of the species in this family are important economically as the source of saltwater pearls.
Genera in the family Pteriidae
- Achipteriidae Thor, 1929
- Austrachipteriidae Luxton, 1985
- Pinctada Röding, 1798
- Pteria Scopoli, 1777 - winged oysters
References
- Pteriidae (TSN 79590). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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