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Penguin's wing oyster
Pteria penguin
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 208448, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Penguin's wing oyster
- Scientific
- Pteria penguin
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Maximum size
- Up to about 30 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 35 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The penguin's wing oyster is a winged oyster with a long, wing-like extension of the hinge. It attaches to sea fans, whip corals and other upright structures. It is often encrusted and black to brown, with a pearly interior.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=7, 6 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Pteria-penguin.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208448
- inaturalist.org /taxa/349334
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pteria_penguin_01_by_Line1.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.