Subgenus (Avicula) J. G. Bruguiere, 1791

(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-7-1-0-0-0-0)

atlantica authors, not J. B. P. A. de Lamarck, 1819
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-7-1-1-0-0-0)
[=Pteria sterna (A. A. Gould, 1851)]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 21

barbata L. A. Reeve, 1857
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-7-1-2-0-0-0)
[=Pinctada mazatlanica (S. C. T. Hanley, 1856)]
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 79

candeana A. Orbigny in R. Sagra, 1846
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-7-1-3-0-0-0)
[=Malleus (Malvufundus) regulus (P. Forskal, 1775)]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 22
[see also under Family: MALLEIDAE]

cumingii L. A. Reeve, 1857
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-7-1-4-0-0-0)
[=Pteria cumingii (L. A. Reeve, 1857)]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 21

eximia L. A. Reeve, 1857, not Verneuil in Murchison, 1845
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-7-1-5-0-0-0)
[=Pteria sterna (A. A. Gould, 1851)]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 21

fimbriata W. Dunker, 1852
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-7-1-6-0-0-0)
[=Pteria sterna (A. A. Gould, 1851)]
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 440
Keen, 1971 p 77

heteroptera authors, not J. B. P. A. de Lamarck, 1819
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-7-1-7-0-0-0)
[=Pteria sterna (A. A. Gould, 1851)]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 21

libella L. A. Reeve, 1857
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-7-1-8-0-0-0)
[=Pteria sterna (A. A. Gould, 1851)]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 21

peruviana L. A. Reeve, 1857
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-7-1-9-0-0-0)
[=Pteria sterna (A. A. Gould, 1851)]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 21
Keen, 1971 p 77

sterna A. A. Gould, 1851
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-7-1-10-0-0-0)
[=Pteria sterna (A. A. Gould, 1851)]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 21

vivesi A. T. Rochebrune, 1895
(3-7-8-3-5-12-0-7-1-11-0-0-0)
[=Pteria sterna (A. A. Gould, 1851)]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 21
Keen, 1971 p 77