One Brown Lip Oyster shell measuring 6 to 8 inches *****

One Brown Lip Oyster shell measuring 6 to 8 inches.

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PTERIA PENGUIN Common Name BROWNLIP OYSTER

the penguin's wing oyster, is a species of marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pteriidae, the pearl oysters. It is native to the western and central Indo-Pacific region and is used for the production of cultured pearls. The generic name comes from Greek πτερον (pteron) meaning wing.

It is found attached by its byssal threads to a number of different substrates, rocks and corals (especially to Gorgonacea), at intertidal depths less 1156 feet.

Pteria penguin can reach a common shell length of about 8 inches, with a maximum length of 12 inches). The shells of this rather large species are solid and ovate. The posterior ear develops a narrow, elongated, wing-like expansion. The left valve is more inflated than the right one. The outside color of the shell ranges from dark brown to black, while the interior is nacreous silvery, a wide non-nacreous glossy black margin