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

Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pteria*	Scopoli, 1777	accepted genus name
*Avicula*	Bruguière, 1792	synonym

Species group names

*Avicula vitrea*	Reeve, 1857	basionym
*Avicula aculeata*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Avicula anglica*	Brown, 1827	synonym
*Avicula britannica*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Avicula falcata*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Avicula gruneri*	Dunker, 1872	synonym
*Avicula jeffreysi*	Dunker, 1872	synonym
*Avicula plicatula*	Dunker, 1872	synonym
*Avicula tarentina*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Avicula undata*	Dunker, 1872	synonym
*Avicula versicolor*	Dunker, 1872	synonym
*Avicula vitrea*	Reeve, 1857	synonym
*Mytilus hirundo*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Pinctada apus*	Röding, 1798	synonym
*Pinctada brunnea*	Röding, 1798	synonym
*Pteria vitrea*	(Reeve, 1857)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: midhja zog sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

English: wing shell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Wing Shell sources: Charles Hussey

Greek: Φτερόστρειδο

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GenBank (14 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Tëmkin, I.; Gofas, S. (2014). Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:140891