Pteriidae is a
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of medium-sized to large saltwater clams. They are pearl oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Pterioida.
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Pteriidae is a
familyIn biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus...
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