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:
- Crenatula Lamarck, 1803
- Electroma Stoliczka, 1871
- Pinctada Röding, 1798
- Pteria Scopoli, 1777 - winged oysters
- Vulsella Röding, 1798
References
- ^ 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