Definition of Pteriidae

1. Noun. Pearl oysters.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Pteriidae

Psyllidae
Pt
Ptah
Pte
Pterelas
Pteretis
Pteretis struthiopteris
Pteridaceae
Pteridium
Pteridium aquilinum
Pteridium esculentum
Pteridophyta
Pteriidae
Pteris
Pteris cretica
Pteris multifida
Pteris serrulata
Pternohyla
Pternohyla fodiens
Pterocarpus
Pterocarpus angolensis
Pterocarpus indicus
Pterocarpus macrocarpus
Pterocarpus marsupium
Pterocarpus santalinus
Pterocarya
Pterocarya fraxinifolia

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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