{{short description|Family of molluscs}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Feather oysters | image = Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758).jpg | image_caption = A live individual of ''Pteria hirundo'' | taxon = Pteriidae | authority = Gray, 1847 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text }}
'''Pteriidae''', also called the '''feather oysters''', is a family of medium-sized to large saltwater oysters. They are pearl oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Pteriida.<ref>{{WRMS species|1775|''Pteriidae'' Gray, 1847||9 July 2010}}</ref>
Some of the species in this family are important economically as the source of saltwater pearls.
==Genera== Genera in the family Pteriidae include: * ''Crenatula'' <small>Lamarck, 1803</small> * ''Electroma'' <small>Stoliczka, 1871</small> * ''Pinctada'' <small>Röding, 1798</small> * ''Pteria'' <small>Scopoli, 1777</small> - winged oysters * ''Vulsella'' <small>Röding, 1798</small>
==References== {{Reflist}} * Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}
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Category:Pteriidae Category:Bivalve families