| Pteriida | |
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| A live individual of Pinna nobilis in the Pinnidae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Pteriomorphia |
| Order: | Pteriida Newell, 1965 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Pterioida | |
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]
- ^ Pterioida Newell, 1965. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.