Pteria penguin Penguin wing oyster

Pteria penguin is commonly referred to as Penguin wing oyster. Difficulty in the aquarium: Solo per acquariofili esperti. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6931 

AphiaID:

208448 

Scientific:

Pteria penguin 

German:

Flügelauster 

English:

Penguin Wing Oyster 

Category:

Bivalvi 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Röding, ), 1798 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Arabian Sea, Australia, Bali, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, East Africa, Fiji, Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, the Seychelles, Timor, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 35 Meter 

Habitats:

Aquaculture, Marine / Salt Water 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

75.56 °F - 84.38 °F (24.2°C - 29.1°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant, Herbivorous 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Solo per acquariofili esperti 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

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:

2014-03-28 23:15:29 

Last edit:

2025-06-20 15:58:15 

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