Pterioida

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Pterioida
Pinna nobilis
Pinna nobilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorphia
Order: Pterioida
Families

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Pterioida is an order of large and medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks. It includes five families, among them the Pteriidae (pearl oysters and winged oysters)

[edit] Families within the order Pterioida


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