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Apteria
Apteria Ap*te"ri*a, n. pl. [NL. See Aptera.] (Zo["o]l.) Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See Pteryli[ae].

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- Pteria (Ancient Gr****: Πτερία) was the capital of the ****yrians in northern Cappadocia. They were said by Herodotus to have been taken and ruined by Croesus...
- Pteria may refer to: Pteria (Cappadocia) a town in ancient Cappadocia (in modern Turkey) Pteria (bivalve) a genus of bivalve molluscs, the winged oysters...
- The Battle of Pteria (Ancient Gr****: Πτερία) was fought in 547 BC between the Persian forces of Cyrus the Great and the Lydian forces of Croesus. Both...
- Pteria peasei, common name swift wing oyster, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Pteriidae. This species is present in the Indo-West Pacific...
- Pteria (Ancient Gr****: Πτερία) was a town of ancient Paphlagonia, inhabited from classical through Byzantine times. Its site is tentatively located near...
- genus: Pteria admirabilis Wang, 2002 Pteria aegyptiaca (Dillwyn, 1817) Pteria atlantica (Lamarck, 1819) Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802) Pteria bernhardi...
- Pteria hirundo is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Pteriidae. The species is found in Europe, Africa and the Americas. Right and left valve...
- Pteria sterna, or commonly known as the rainbow-lipped pearl oyster or the Pacific wing-oyster, is a species of marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pteriidae...
- Pteria penguin, commonly known as the penguin's wing oyster, is a species of marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pteriidae, the pearl oysters. It is native...
- superficially resembled the related winged pearly oysters of the extant genus Pteria. They lived from the Early Jur****ic to latest Cretaceous. The taxonomy of...