Avicula

See also: avicula

Translingual

Pteria colymbus

Pinctada margaritifera

Etymology

Latin avis (“bird”) + -ula (“diminutive”), so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird

Proper noun

Avicula f

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Pteriidae – marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster, the species of which are now in genera Pteria, Electroma, Pinctada.

References

• Pteriidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pteriidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies