Pteriida

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

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]

  1. ^ Pterioida Newell, 1965. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.