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Pteria crassicardia

Status not recordedmolluscsExtinct

Pteria crassicardia is a species in the family Pteriidae, order Ostreida.

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Quick facts about Pteria crassicardia

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
Not recorded

Where does Pteria crassicardia live?

Not recorded

Is Pteria crassicardia 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 crassicardia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderOstreida
  5. familyPteriidae
  6. genusPteria
  7. SpeciesPteria crassicardia (Tate, 1886)

Synonyms Meleagrina crassicardia, Pinctada crassicardia

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pteria crassicardia

Other species in the same genus Pteria.

Wing shell

Pteria hirundo

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Pteria crassicardia?

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

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{pteria_crassicardia_2026,
  title = {Pteria crassicardia (Pteria crassicardia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pteria-crassicardia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}