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Pteria sterna
Pteria sterna with pearls
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Pteriida
Family:
Pteriidae
Genus:
Pteria
Species:
P. sterna
Binomial name
Pteria sterna
(Gould, 1851)[1]
Synonyms[1]
Avicula fimbriata Dunker, 1852
Avicula eximia Reeve, 1857
Avicula libella Reeve, 1857
Avicula peruviana Reeve, 1857
Avicula sterna Gould, 1851
Avicula vivesi Rochebrune, 1895
Pteria beiliana Olsson, 1961
Pteria rositae Hertlein, 1928
Pteria sterna, or commonly known as the rainbow-lipped pearl oyster or the Pacific wing-oyster, is a species of marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pteriidae, the pearl oysters. This oyster can be found in shallow water along the tropical and subtropical Pacific coast of America, its range including Baja California, Mexico and northern Peru.
^ abTëmkin, Ilya (2014). "Pteria sterna (Gould, 1851)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
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