Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Common Wing Oyster
Pteria penguin
Common Wing Oyster
Also known as: Penguin's Wing Oyster
Category: Feather Oysters
Scientific Name: Pteria penguin
Size: Up to 10 in. (25 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Australia, Fiji
Mollusca (Phylum) Mollusks
└Bivalvia (Class) Bivalves
 └Ostreida (Order) Oysters and Allies
  └Pterioidea (Superfamily)
   └Pteriidae (Family) Feather Oysters
    └Pteria (Genus)
     └P. penguin (Species)
WoRMS ID: 208448🔗
iNaturalist ID: 349334🔗

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