Pteriida
Order of bivalves
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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 oysters).[1]
| Pteriida | |
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| A live individual of Pinna nobilis in the Pinnidae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Pteriomorphia |
| Order: | Pteriida Newell, 1965 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Pterioida | |
2010 taxonomy
In 2010, a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published by Bieler, Carter & Coan, revising the classification of the Bivalvia, including the suborder Pteriida.[2]
- Superfamily Ambonychioidea
- Family †Alatoconchidae[3]
- Family †Ambonychiidae
- Family †Inoceramidae
- Family †Lunulacardiidae
- Family †Monopteriidae
- Family †Myalinidae
- Family †Mysidiellidae
- Family †Ramonalinidae
- Superfamily Pinnoidea
- Family Pinnidae
- Superfamily †Posidonioidea Neumayr, 1891
- Family †Posidoniidae Neumayr, 1891 (Devonian to Cretaceous)
- Family †Aulacomyellidae Ichikawa, 1958
- Family †Daonellidae Neumayr, 1891
- Family †Halobiidae Kittl, 1912 (Devonian to Triassic)
- Superfamily Pterioidea
- Family †Bakevelliidae (Triassic to Eocene)
- Family †Cassianellidae (Middle to Late Triassic)
- Family †Kochiidae
- Family Malleidae
- Family †Pergamidiidae (Triassic to Cretaceous)
- Family †Plicatostylidae (Jurassic)
- Family †Posidoniidae
- Family †Pterineidae
- Family Pteriidae
- Family Pulvinitidae
- Family †Retroceramidae
- Superfamily †Rhombopterioidea Korobkov in Eberzin, 1960