Pteria aegyptiaca Red Sea Winged Oyster

Pteria aegyptiaca is commonly referred to as Red Sea Winged Oyster. Difficulty in the aquarium: 5 - Svår. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

3716 

AphiaID:

208444 

Scientific:

Pteria aegyptiaca 

German:

Rotmeer-Flügelauster 

English:

Red Sea Winged Oyster 

Category:

Musslor 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Ostreida (Order) > Pteriidae (Family) > Pteria (Genus) > aegyptiaca (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Dillwyn, ), 1817 

Occurrence:

Red Sea 

Size:

3.94" - 4.72" (10cm - 12cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

Tank:

44 gal (~ 200L)  

Difficulty:

5 - Svår 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Pteria admirabilis
• 
  Pteria aegyptiaca
  Rotmeer-Flügelauster
• Pteria avicular
• Pteria bernhardi
• Pteria broomei
• Pteria brunnea
• Pteria bulliformis
• 
  Pteria colymbus
  Atlantische Flügelmuschel
• Pteria cooki
• Pteria dendronephthya
• Pteria fibrosa
• Pteria formosa
• Pteria gregata
• Pteria heteroptera
• 
  Pteria hirundo
  Europäische Flügelauster
• Pteria howensis
• Pteria lata
• Pteria levitata
• Pteria maccullochi
• Pteria maura
• Pteria peasei
• 
  Pteria penguin
  Flügelauster
• Pteria saltata
• Pteria spectrum
• Pteria sterna
• Pteria straminea
• Pteria tortirostris
• Pteria venezuelensis
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-05-17 17:46:56 

Last edit:

2011-05-17 17:46:56 

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