Pteriidae

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

FAMILY

Published in

Gray, John E. 1864. Revision of the genera and species of Chamaeleonidae, with the description of some new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 465-479.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Bivalvia

order

Pterioida

family

Pteriidae

Name

Synonyms

Aviculidae

Isognomonidae

Melinidae

Pedalionidae

Pernidae

Reniellidae

Vulsellidae

Homonyms

Pteriidae

Common names

pearl oyster in English

ウグイスガイ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

1. 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. <i>Malacologia</i> 52(2): 1-184.
2. 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.
3. Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). <i>BMC Evolutionary Biology</i> 10: 342.