Avicula

== Translingual == === Etymology === Latin avis (“bird”) + -ula (“diminutive”), so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird === Proper noun === Avicula f (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