Pterioidea
Pterioidea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pteriida |
Superfamily: | Pterioidea Gray 1840 (1820) |
Pterioidea is a
true oyster). A number of species have found use as model organisms in the fields of medicine and science.[1]
It includes the following three accepted living families:
- Malleidae, the hammer oysters, Lamarck, 1818
- Pteriidae, the pearl oysters, tree oysters, and winged oysters, Gray, 1847 (1820)
- Pulvinitidae, a family of rare deep sea oysters, no common name, Stephenson, 1941
Fossil families include:
- Family †Aviculopectinidae
- Family †Bakevelliidae
- Family †Cassianellidae
- Family †Isognomonidae
- Family †Kochiidae
- Family †Pergamidiidae
- Family †Plicatosylidae
- Family †Posidoniidae
- Family †Pterineidae
- Family †Retroceramidae
References
- PMID 21059254.