Winged Pearl Oyster

Pteria brunnea

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Pteriidae

Pteria is a genus of molluscs in the family Pteriidae. The species of the genus are sometimes referred to as wing-oysters or winged oysters.

Distribution

Winged Pearl Oyster — (c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 2

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionPteria (bivalve), Wikipedia contributors

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