Pteria penguin: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Ostreida
Family
Pteriidae
Genus
Pteria
Species
Pteria penguin
Scientific Name
Pteria penguin

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Pteria penguin

Pteria penguin, commonly known as the penguin's wing oyster, is a species of marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pteriidae, the pearl oysters. It is native to the western and central Indo-Pacific region and is used for the production of cultured pearls. The generic name comes from Greek πτερον (pteron) meaning wing.

...
 

Pteria penguin in languages:

Czech
kýtovka velkokřídlá
English
Penguin's Wing Oyster
English
Common Wing Oyster
French
Avicule épaisse
Japanese
マベ

Images from inaturalist.org observations:

We recommend you sign up for this excellent, free service.

Pteria penguin
©Albert Kang, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©uwkwaj, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©uwkwaj, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©uwkwaj, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©uwkwaj, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©uwkwaj, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©uwkwaj, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Sylvain Le Bris, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Wayne and Pam Osborn, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Sylvain Le Bris, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Tsu Soo Tan, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Albertini maridom, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Jens Sommer-Knudsen, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Jens Sommer-Knudsen, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Jens Sommer-Knudsen, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Jens Sommer-Knudsen, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Rino, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Pierre-Louis Stenger, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Pierre-Louis Stenger, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Pierre-Louis Stenger, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Pierre-Louis Stenger, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Pierre-Louis Stenger, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Pierre-Louis Stenger, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Pierre-Louis Stenger, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Tsu Soo Tan, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Albert Kang, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Susanne Spindler, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Pteria penguin
©Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC-BY-SA)
Pteria penguin
©juju98, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Lara Orselli, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Lara Orselli, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Benoît Segerer, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Rita Jansen, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-SA)
Pteria penguin
©Rita Jansen, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-SA)
Pteria penguin
©juju98, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Sylvain Le Bris, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©David R, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Blogie Robillo, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Pteria penguin
©Lesley Clements, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Albertini maridom, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pteria penguin
©Thomas Everest, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)