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Pteriidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
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Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, (1847) 15: 129–219. [November 1847]. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=39701
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Bivalvia
order
Ostreida
family
Pteriidae

Name

Synonyms
Aviculidae
Pedalionidae
Reniellidae
Homonyms
Pteriidae
Common names
pearl oyster in English
Perlmuscheln in German
Perlmuscheln in German
Vogelmuscheln in German
Vogelmuscheln in German
wing oysters and pearl oysters in English
wing oysters and pearl oysters in English
ウグイスガイ科 in Japanese
ウグイスガイ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J. P. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184.
  4. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J. P. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184.
  5. Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
  6. Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
  7. Combosch, D. J.; Collins, T. M.; Glover, E. A.; Graf, D. L.; Harper, E. M.; Healy, J. M.; Kawauchi, G. Y.; Lemer, S.; McIntyre, E.; Strong, E. E.; Taylor, J. D.; Zardus, J. D.; Mikkelsen, P. M.; Giribet, G.; Bieler, R. (2017). A family-level Tree of Life for bivalves based on a Sanger-sequencing approach. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 107: 191-208. 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.11.003
  8. Combosch, D. J.; Collins, T. M.; Glover, E. A.; Graf, D. L.; Harper, E. M.; Healy, J. M.; Kawauchi, G. Y.; Lemer, S.; McIntyre, E.; Strong, E. E.; Taylor, J. D.; Zardus, J. D.; Mikkelsen, P. M.; Giribet, G.; Bieler, R. (2017). A family-level Tree of Life for bivalves based on a Sanger-sequencing approach. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 107: 191-208. 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.11.003
  9. Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847].
  10. Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847].
  11. Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves</i> 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 1-907, Excel listing of species.
  12. Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves</i> 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 1-907, Excel listing of species.
  13. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  14. Tsubaki, R., Kameda, Y., Kato M. (2011). Pattern and process of diversification in an ecologically diverse epifaunal bivalve group Pterioidea (Pteriomorphia, Bivalvia). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 58: 97–104. 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.014
  15. Tsubaki, R., Kameda, Y., Kato M. (2011). Pattern and process of diversification in an ecologically diverse epifaunal bivalve group Pterioidea (Pteriomorphia, Bivalvia). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 58: 97–104. 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.014
  16. Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526.
  17. Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). <i>BMC Evolutionary Biology</i> 10: 342.
  18. Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). <i>BMC Evolutionary Biology</i> 10: 342.
  19. Valentich-Scott P., Coan E.V. & Zelaya D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. vii + 593 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
  20. Valentich-Scott P., Coan E.V. & Zelaya D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. vii + 593 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
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