Pteria colymbus Atlantic wing-oyster

Pteria colymbus is commonly referred to as Atlantic wing-oyster. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7246 

AphiaID:

420735 

Scientific:

Pteria colymbus 

German:

Atlantische Flügelmuschel 

English:

Atlantic Wing-oyster 

Category:

Musslor 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Röding, ), 1798 

Occurrence:

Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico (East Pacific), the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Size:

up to 2.36" (6 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Data deficient (DD) 

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
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-06-23 16:27:57 

Last edit:

2014-06-23 16:27:57 

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