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Pteriidae

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Description

Pteriidae, also called the feather oysters, is a family of medium-sized to large saltwater clams. They are pearl oysters, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Pteriida.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3465https://www.gbif.org/species/3465
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)61995https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61995
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassPteriomorphia
-OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
-OstreioniFerussac 1822
-OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyPteriidaeGray 1847
Common Namepearl oyster
Scientific NamePteriidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pteriidaefamilybelongs to Lamellibranchiatastated with evidenceIsberg, 1934
Pteriidaefamilybelongs to Pteriaceastated with evidenceNewell, 1965
Pteriidaefamilybelongs to Pteriaceastated without evidenceDockery, 1982
Pteriidaefamilybelongs to Pterioideastated without evidenceCoan et al., 2000
Pteriidaefamilybelongs to Pterioidastated without evidenceSpencer et al., 2004
Pteriidaefamilybelongs to Pterioidastated with evidenceBieler and Mikkelsen, 2006
Pteriidaefamilybelongs to PterioideaimpliedNevesskaja, 2009
Pteriidaefamilybelongs to Pterioideastated without evidenceBouchet et al., 2010
Pteriidaefamilybelongs to Pterioideastated with evidenceCarter et al., 2011
Pteriidaefamilybelongs to Pterioideastated without evidenceRos-Franch et al., 2014
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)187
Extant Size (PBDB)17 (9.1%)
First Recorded Appearance461 - 452 Ma
Ordovician
Environmentcoastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic
Motilitystationary, attached, epibiont
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder
Ontogenyaccretion
Ecospace CommentsLIFE HISTORY: EP, IM, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite,intermediate,minor ribbing, minor spines
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue
Common Name(s) Perlmuscheln, Vogelmuscheln, Wing Oysters And Pearl Oysters, ใ‚ฆใ‚ฐใ‚คใ‚นใ‚ฌใ‚ค, Pearl Oyster
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteriidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Dattinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)
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Pteriinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
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Pterinellinae โœ
subfamily
listed (PBDB)3145 Ma
Late Jurassic
113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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Actinopterinia โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
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Arcavicula โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
47251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
212 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
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Austropteria
genus
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
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Avicula
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
147388 Ma
Middle Devonian
0 Ma
Extant
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Aviculoperna โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
156.0 Ma
Paleocene
56.0 Ma
Paleocene
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Cobracephalus โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Confusionella โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
26252 Ma
Permian
251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
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Crenatula
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
0 Ma
Extant
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Electroma
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1685.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
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Eopinctada โœ
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Euphenax โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
347.8 Ma
Eocene
47.8 Ma
Eocene
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Exputens โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1756.0 Ma
Paleocene
37.2 Ma
Eocene
Gervilleiognoma
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Gervilleioperna โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
41199 Ma
Early Jurassic
174 Ma
Middle Jurassic
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Isognomon
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
535254 Ma
Permian
0 Ma
Extant
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Limopteria โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1314 Ma
Carboniferous
314 Ma
Carboniferous
Neopanis
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Otapiria โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
75237 Ma
Middle Triassic
149 Ma
Late Jurassic
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Phelopteria โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
193129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Pinctada
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
52237 Ma
Middle Triassic
0 Ma
Extant
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Pseudaucella โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
6191 Ma
Early Jurassic
183 Ma
Early Jurassic
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Pterelectroma
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Pteria
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
781419 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
0 Ma
Extant
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Pteroperna โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
102228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
151 Ma
Late Jurassic
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Ptychopterinia โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3453 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
453 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
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Rhaetavicula โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
109237 Ma
Middle Triassic
209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
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Rhynchopterus โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
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Somapteria โœ
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1157 Ma
Jurassic
157 Ma
Jurassic
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Stefaninia โœ
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3242 Ma
Middle Triassic
235 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
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Triaxus โœ
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Vulsella
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
55101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
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Vulsellina โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Auricula concinna
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Auricula glabra
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Auricula infrequens
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Auricula opportuna
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Auricula panamensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Auricula trilineata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Isognomonidae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Isognomonidae
Vulsellidae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Vulsellidae
Melinidae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Melinidae
Reniellidae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Reniellidae
Pernidae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pernidae
Aviculidae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Aviculidae
Pedalionidae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pedalionidae
Isognomidae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Isognomidae

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1847Pteriidae Gray
1934Pteriidae Isberg
1965Pteriidae Newell p. 17
1980Pteriidae Vokes p. 36
1982Pteriidae Dockery p. 40
2000Pteriidae Coan et al. p. 192
YearName and Author
2004Pteriidae Spencer et al.
2006Pteriidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 229
2009Pteriidae Nevesskaja
2010Pteriidae Bouchet et al.
2011Pteriidae Carter et al. p. 9
2014Pteriidae Ros-Franch et al.

References

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue
Isberg O. (1934) Studien รผber Lamellibranchiaten des Leptaenakalkes in Dalarna, Hรฅkan Ohlssons Buchdruckerei, 1-493
Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25
Dockery D. T. (1982) Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123, 1-261
Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764
Spencer H. G., Willan R. C., et al (2004) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca described from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, [http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/index.html]
Bieler R., Mikkelsen P. M. (2006) Bivalvia - a look at the branches, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148, 223-235
Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201
Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47
Ros-Franch S., Mรกrquez-Aliaga A., et al (2014) Comprehensive database on Induan (Lower Triassic) to Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) marine bivalve genera and their paleobiogeographic record, Paleontological Contributions 8, 1-219
Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. 2010. Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
Tรซmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 342. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. 2010. Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. - via World Register of Marine Species
Tรซmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 342. - via World Register of Marine Species
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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