pteriida

{{Short description|Order of bivalves}}

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| image = Pinna Nobilis.jpg

| image_caption = A live individual of Pinna nobilis in the Pinnidae

| taxon = Pteriida

| subdivision_ranks = Families

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms = Pterioida

| authority = Newell, 1965

}}

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).{{WRMS species|212|Pterioida Newell, 1965||9 July 2010}}

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.Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. (2010) Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184

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Category:Bivalve orders