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Taxonomy
Pteriidae was named by Gray (1847) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5115]. It is extant. Its type is Margaritifera.
It was assigned to Lamellibranchiata by Isberg (1934); to Pteriacea by Newell (1965), Vokes (1980) and Dockery (1982); to Pterioida by Spencer et al. (2004) and Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006); and to Pterioidea by Coan et al. (2000), Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Lamellibranchiata by Isberg (1934); to Pteriacea by Newell (1965), Vokes (1980) and Dockery (1982); to Pterioida by Spencer et al. (2004) and Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006); and to Pterioidea by Coan et al. (2000), Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
Subtaxa
Actinopterinia, Arcavicula, Austropteria, Confusionella, Dattinae, Electroma, Eopinctada, Joachymia, Limopteria, Pachyperna, Phelopteria, Pinctada (syn. Meleagrina, Unionium, Perlamater, Margaritifera, Pintadina), Pseudaucella, Pterelectroma, Pteria (syn. Anonica, Glaucoderma, Magnavicula), Pteriinae, Pterinellinae, Pteroperna, Ptychopterinia, Rhaetavicula, Rhynchopterus, Somapteria, Stefaninia, Triaxus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1847 | Pteriidae Gray |
| 1934 | Pteriidae Isberg |
| 1965 | Pteriidae Newell p. 17 |
| 1980 | Pteriidae Vokes p. 36 |
| 1982 | Pteriidae Dockery p. 40 |
| 2000 | Pteriidae Coan et al. p. 192 |
| 2004 | Pteriidae Spencer et al. |
| 2006 | Pteriidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 229 |
| 2009 | Pteriidae Nevesskaja |
| 2010 | Pteriidae Bouchet et al. |
| 2011 | Pteriidae Carter et al. p. 9 |
| 2014 | Pteriidae Ros-Franch et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Pteriidae Gray 1847 [pearl oyster]
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G. Austropteria Iredale 1931
G. †Confusionella Hofmann and Hautmann 2013
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†Confusionella laczkoi Bittner 1901
†Confusionella loczyi Bittner 1901
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Invalid names: Aviculopecten disjunctus Girty 1927 [synonym], Pecten (Chlamys) kryshtofowichi Kiparisova 1938 [synonym], Pecten sojalis Wittenburg 1908 [synonym]
G. Electroma Stoliczka 1871
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†Electroma alacorvi Dillwyn 1817
†Electroma notiala Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
G. †Eopinctada Tamura 1961
G. †Joachymia Růžička 1949
G. †Phelopteria Stephenson 1953
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†Phelopteria caudigera Zittel 1866
†Phelopteria dalli Stephenson 1936
†Phelopteria erecta Tamura 1976
†Phelopteria gravida Coquand 1862
†Phelopteria huitriniana Lazo and Damborenea 2011
G. Pinctada Ršding 1798
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†Pinctada maculata Gould 1850
Pinctada margaritifera Linnaeus 1758
Pinctada margaritiferus Linnaeus 1798
Invalid names: Margaritifera Jameson 1901 [synonym], Meleagrina Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Perlamater Schumacher 1817 [synonym], Pintadina Blainville 1826 [synonym], Unionium Link 1807 [synonym]
G. Pteria Scopoli 1777
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Subg. †Pteria (Margaritifera) Browne 1765
†Pteria argentea Conrad 1848
†Pteria berryi Adegoke 1969
†Pteria bisincilis Guo 1985
†Pteria cabrai Dartevelle and Freneix 1957
†Pteria carixensis Cox 1928
†Pteria cassiana Bittner 1895
†Pteria clarki Weaver and Palmer 1922
Pteria colymbus Röding 1798
†Pteria datongensis Lu 1981
†Pteria dianensis Guo 1985
†Pteria elegans Chen 1976
†Pteria fragilis Defrance 1816
†Pteria guizhouensis Chen 1976
†Pteria hechuanensis Xu 1978
†Pteria hertleini Wiedey 1928
Pteria hirundo Linnaeus 1758
†Pteria howei Nelson 1925
†Pteria infelix White 1887
†Pteria inornata Gabb 1873
†Pteria interrupta d'Orbigny 1860
†Pteria jordani Wiedey 1928
†Pteria kitakamiensis Hayami 1958
†Pteria kitsoni Cox 1952
†Pteria laksel McLearn 1941
†Pteria lata Gray 1845
†Pteria limula Conrad 1833
Pteria mazatlanica Hanley 1855
†Pteria murchisoni Geinitz 1861
†Pteria nasuta Tate 1886
†Pteria notukeuensis Warren 1934
†Pteria papyracea Sowerby 1837
†Pteria pellucida Gabb 1864
†Pteria penguin Röding 1798
†Pteria peregrina Stoyanow 1949
†Pteria plana Morris and Lycett 1854
†Pteria raricosta Reuss 1854
†Pteria rugosa Chen 1976
†Pteria sanqiaoensis Chen 1976
†Pteria spedeni Waterhouse 1960
Pteria sterna Gould 1851
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Invalid names: Avicula eximia Reeve 1857 [synonym], Avicula libella Reeve 1857 [synonym], Avicula peruviana Reeve 1857 [synonym], Avicula vivesi Rochebrune 1895 [synonym], Pteria beiliana Olsson 1961 [synonym], Pteria rositae Hertlein 1928 [synonym]
†Pteria sturi Bittner 1895
†Pteria ussurica Kiparisova 1938
†Pteria yonganensis Wang 1993
Invalid names: Anonica Oken 1815 [synonym], Glaucoderma Poli 1795 [synonym], Magnavicula Iredale 1939 [synonym]
G. †Pteroperna Lycett 1850
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†Pteroperna asinusoides Fischer 1969
†Pteroperna costatula Eudes-Deslongchamps 1824
†Pteroperna decorata Reed 1936
†Pteroperna kitadaniensis Goto 1983
†Pteroperna reticularis Parnes 1980
G. †Rhaetavicula Cox 1961
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†Rhaetavicula contorta Portlock 1843
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Invalid names: Avicula inaequiradiata Schafhautl 1851 [synonym], Gervillia striocurva Quenstedt 1856 [synonym]
G. †Somapteria Tamura 1960
G. †Triaxus Brown 1849
Invalid names: Pteriinae Gray 1847 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available