Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pteria sterna
ostra, Oyster
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Ostreida
Superfamily
Pterioidea
Family
Pteriidae
Genus
Pteria
Species
sterna
Taxon category: Accepted
CDRS: 674, 1025; Syn.: Avicula (Meleagrina) fimbriata Dunker, 1852 (synonym), Avicula beiliana Olsson, 1961 (synonym), Avicula eximia Reeve, 1857 (synonym), Avicula libella Reeve, 1857 (synonym), Avicula peruviana Reeve, 1857 (synonym), Avicula sterna Gould, 1851 (basionym), Avicula vivesi Rochebrune, 1895 (synonym), Pteria rositae Hertlein, 1928 (synonym)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pteria sterna", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9842. Accessed 8 May 2025.