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Definition of Pteriidae
1. Noun. Pearl oysters.
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Bivalvia, Class Bivalvia, Class Lamellibranchia, Class Pelecypoda, Lamellibranchia
Member holonyms: Genus Pinctada, Pinctada
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pteriidae
Literary usage of Pteriidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Beyond Price: Pearls and Pearl-fishing : Origins to the Age of Discoveries by R. A. Donkin (1998)
"The marine bivalves mainly belong to the same Subclass (Pteriomorphia) as the
Pteriidae (Pteria and Pinctada). They include two Families, ..."
2. Beyond Price: Pearls and Pearl-fishing : Origins to the Age of Discoveries by R. A. Donkin (1998)
"The marine bivalves mainly belong to the same Subclass (Pteriomorphia) as the
Pteriidae (Pteria and Pinctada). They include two Families, ..."
3. Beyond Price: Pearls and Pearl-fishing : Origins to the Age of Discoveries by R. A. Donkin (1998)
"... belong to the same Subclass (Pteriomorphia) as the Pteriidae (Pteria and
Pinctada). ... as the Pteriidae, include the Pectinidae (Pecten spp. ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"was aware of the apparent exceptions signalized by Mr. Dalí, and could add extinct
forras referred to the Pteriidae or ..."
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