Pterioida

Taxobox
name = Pterioida


image_width =240px
image_caption = "Pinna nobilis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
subclassis = Pteriomorphia
ordo = Pterioida
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision = See text.

Pterioida is an order of large and medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks. It includes five families, among them the Pteriidae (pearl oysters and winged oysters)

Families within the order Pterioida

* Isognomonidae
* Malleidae
* Pinnidae
* Pteriidae
* Pulvinitidae