title: Pteria (bivalve)
text: # Pteria (bivalve)
  
  Pteria is a genus of molluscs in the family Pteriidae. The species of the genus are sometimes referred to as wing-oysters or winged oysters.
  
  ## Selected species
  
  The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:
  
  * Pteria admirabilis Wang, 2002
  * Pteria aegyptiaca (Dillwyn, 1817)
  * Pteria atlantica (Lamarck, 1819)
  * Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802)
  * Pteria bernhardi (Iredale, 1939)
  * Pteria broomei Huber, 2010
  * Pteria brunnea (Pease, 1863)
  * Pteria bulliformis Wang, 2002
  * Pteria colymbus (Roding, 1798) — Atlantic wing-oyster
  * Pteria cooki Lamprell & Healy, 1997
  * Pteria dendronephthya Habe, 1960
  * Pteria fibrosa (Reeve, 1857)
  * Pteria formosa (Reeve, 1857)
  * Pteria gregata (Reeve, 1857)
  * Pteria heteroptera (Lamarck, 1819)
  * Pteria hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
  * Pteria howensis Lamprell & Healy, 1997
  * Pteria lata (Gray in Eyre, 1845)
  * Pteria levitata (Iredale, 1939)
  * Pteria maccullochi (Iredale, 1939)
  * Pteria maura (Reeve, 1857)
  * Pteria peasei (Dunker, 1872) ‒ swift wing oyster
  * Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798) — Penguin's wing oyster
  * Pteria saltata (Iredale, 1931)
  * Pteria spectrum (Reeve, 1857)
  * Pteria sterna Gould, 1851 — Pacific wing-oyster
  * Pteria straminea (Dunker, 1852)
  * Pteria tortirostris (Dunker, 1849)
  * Pteria venezuelensis (Dunker, 1872)
  