Pteria hirundo Wing Oyster, Pearl Oyster, European wing oyster

Pteria hirundois commonly referred to as Wing Oyster, Pearl Oyster, European wing oyster. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Laurent Ballesta, Frankreich

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lexID:: 7759
AphiaID:: 140891

Scientific:: Pteria hirundo
German:: Europäische Flügelauster
English:: Wing Oyster, Pearl Oyster, European Wing Oyster

Category:: Sea Shells

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Ostreida (Order) > Pteriidae (Family) > Pteria (Genus) > hirundo (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Israel, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, Venezuela
Sea depth:: 20 - 150 Meter
Size:: up to 3.15" (8 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C)
Food:: Plankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Pteria admirabilis
Pteria aegyptiaca
Rotmeer-Flügelauster
Pteria avicular
Pteria bernhardi
Pteria broomei
Pteria brunnea
Pteria bulliformis
Pteria colymbus
Atlantische Flügelmuschel
Pteria cooki
Pteria dendronephthya
Pteria fibrosa
Pteria formosa
Pteria gregata
Pteria heteroptera
Pteria hirundo
Europäische Flügelauster
Pteria howensis
Pteria lata
Pteria levitata
Pteria maccullochi
Pteria maura
Pteria peasei
Pteria penguin
Flügelauster
Pteria saltata
Pteria spectrum
Pteria sterna
Pteria straminea
Pteria tortirostris
Pteria venezuelensis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-12-08 15:09:54
Last edit:: 2014-12-08 15:09:54

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(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyme:
Avicula aculeata Risso, 1826
Avicula anglica Brown, 1827
Avicula britannica Leach, 1852
Avicula communis Lamarck, 1801
Avicula falcata Lamarck, 1819
Avicula gruneri Dunker, 1872
Avicula jeffreysi Dunker, 1872
Avicula marmorata Reeve, 1857
Avicula nitida A. E. Verrill, 1881
Avicula plicatula Dunker, 1872
Avicula signata Reeve, 1857
Avicula tarentina Lamarck, 1819
Avicula undata Dunker, 1872
Avicula verrilli Cossmann, 1912
Avicula versicolor Dunker, 1872
Avicula vitrea Reeve, 1857
Mytilus hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
Pinctada apus Röding, 1798
Pinctada brunnea Röding, 1798
Pteria falcata (Lamarck, 1819)
Pteria marmorata Reeve
Pteria vitrea (Reeve, 1857)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pterioida (Order) > Pterioidea (Superfamily) > Pteriidae (Family) > Pteria (Genus) > Pteria hirundo (Species)

External links

Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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