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Pteria conturnix

Status not recordedmolluscs

Pteria conturnix is a species in the family Pteriidae, order Ostreida. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Taiwan.

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Quick facts about Pteria conturnix

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Pteria conturnix live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Pteria conturnix is listed for 1 country.

Taiwan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Taiwan

Is Pteria conturnix endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Pteria conturnix classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderOstreida
  5. familyPteriidae
  6. genusPteria
  7. SpeciesPteria conturnix (Dunker, 1880)

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pteria conturnix

Other species in the same genus Pteria.

Wing shell

Pteria hirundo

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Pteria conturnix live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Pteria conturnix for 1 country: Taiwan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Pteria conturnix?

Pteria conturnix (Pteria conturnix) belongs to the family Pteriidae in the order Ostreida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pteria conturnix (Pteria conturnix). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pteria-conturnix

MLA

“Pteria conturnix (Pteria conturnix).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pteria-conturnix.

BibTeX
@misc{pteria_conturnix_2026,
  title = {Pteria conturnix (Pteria conturnix)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pteria-conturnix},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}