Pteria

From New Latin pteria, from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón).

Pteria f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pteriidae – winged oysters.

• Avicula

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia – class; Pteriomorphia – subclass; Pterioida – order; Pteriidae – family

• (genus): Pteria colymbus (Atlantic wing-oyster), Pteria hirundo, Pteria longisquamosa, Pteria sterna (Pacific wing-oyster), Pteria vitrea – selected species; for more see World Registry of Marine Species

• Pteria (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pteriidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Pteria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πτερίᾱ (Pteríā).

Pteria f sg (genitive Pteriae); first declension

1. (New Latin) An ancient city in Cappadocia, modern Turkey, perhaps modern Kerkenes.

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.