Pteriidae

Taxobox
name = Pteriidae

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Pinctada margaritifera"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Pterioida
familia = Pteriidae
familia_authority = Gray, 1847
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

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

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* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1