Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Pterioida > Superfamily Pterioidea > Family Pteriidae > Genus Pteria

Pteria sterna (Gould, 1851)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PteriaScopoli, 1777accepted genus name
Avicula Bruguière, 1792 synonym

Species group names

Avicula eximia Reeve, 1857 synonym

Literature

redescription

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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Tëmkin, I. (2014). Pteria sterna (Gould, 1851). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464505

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2010-03-09 by Ilya Tëmkin

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