The Pteriida are an order of large and medium-sized marine bivalve mollusks. It includes five families, among them the Pteriidae (pearl oysters and winged oysters).[1]

Pteriida
A live individual of Pinna nobilis in the Pinnidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorphia
Order: Pteriida
Newell, 1965
Families

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Synonyms

Pterioida

2010 taxonomy

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In 2010, a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published by Bieler, Carter & Coan, revising the classification of the Bivalvia, including the suborder Pteriida.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Pterioida Newell, 1965. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. (2010) Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184
  3. ^ Asato, Kaito; Kase, Tomoki; Ono, Teruo; Sashida, Katsuo; Agematsu, Sachiko (2017-10-01). "Morphology, Systematics and Paleoecology of Shikamaia, Aberrant Permian Bivalves (Alatoconchidae: Ambonychioidea) from Japan". Paleontological Research. 21: 358–379. doi:10.2517/2017PR002.