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    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...
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    sometimes known as pen shells. They are marine bivalve molluscs in the order Pteriida. The shells of bivalves in this family are fragile and have a long and...
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    oysters. They are pearl oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Pteriida. Some of the species in this family are important economically as the source...
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    as oysters. Pearl oysters are not true oysters, and belong to the order Pteriida. Like scallops, true oysters have a central adductor muscle, which means...
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    orders, including the Arcida, Ostreida, Pectinida, Limida, Mytilida, and Pteriida. It also contains some extinct and probably basal families, such as the...
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    classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: Pteriidae Genus: Pinctada Röding, 1798 Species See text...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: †Inoceramidae Genus: †Platyceramus Heinz, 1932 Species Platyceramus...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: Pteriidae Genus: Pinctada Species: P. radiata Binomial name Pinctada...
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    of saltwater clams. They are related to the pearl oysters, in the order Pteriida and the superfamily Pterioidea. There are about 22 species in this family...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: †Inoceramidae Genus: †Inoceramus Sowerby, 1814 Species See text...
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    classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Superfamily: †Ambonychioidea Family: †Inoceramidae Giebel, 1852...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: Pteriidae Genus: Pinctada Species: P. albina Binomial name Pinctada...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: Pteriidae Genus: Pteria Species: P. peasei Binomial name Pteria...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: Pinnidae Genus: Pinna Species: P. rudis Binomial name Pinna rudis...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: Pinnidae Genus: Atrina Species: A. zelandica Binomial name Atrina...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Superfamily: Pinnoidea Family: Pinnidae Genus: Pinna Species: P. nobilis...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: Pteriidae Genus: Pteria Species: P. colymbus Binomial name Pteria...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: Pteriidae Genus: Pinctada Species: P. margaritifera Binomial name...
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  • Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: Pteriidae Genus: Pinctada Species: P. fucata Binomial name Pinctada...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: Pteriidae Genus: Pinctada Species: P. maxima Binomial name Pinctada...
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    In May 2010, a new taxonomy of the Bivalvia was published in the journal Malacologia. The 2010 taxonomy is known as the Taxonomy of the Bivalvia (Bouchet...
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    aragonite forms an inner, nacreous layer, as is the case in the order Pteriida. In other taxa, alternate layers of calcite and aragonite are laid down...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: Pinnidae Genus: Atrina Species: A. pectinata Binomial name Atrina...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: Pinnidae Genus: Atrina Species: A. squamifera Binomial name Atrina...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: Pinnidae Genus: Atrina Species: A. serrata Binomial name Atrina...
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    classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: †Bakevelliidae Genus: †Gervillia Defrance, 1820...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: Pteriidae Genus: Pteria Species: P. hirundo Binomial name Pteria...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: Pinnidae Genus: Pinna Species: P. bicolor Binomial name Pinna bicolor...
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    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: Pinnidae Genus: Atrina Species: A. seminuda Binomial name Atrina...
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  • Thumbnail for Pinctada mazatlanica
    Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pteriida Family: Pteriidae Genus: Pinctada Species: P. mazatlanica Binomial name...
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