Furthermore, other " Pinctada " and " Pteria " species are also used for producing cultured pearls today.
12.
In the genus " Pteria ", the shell width is much longer than its height and the angle of the hinge is prominent and pronounced .)
13.
Partly because of this confusion, the species has in the past fairly frequently been misidentified as " Pteria colymbus " or as " Pinctada radiata ".
14.
A farm in the Gulf of California, Mexico, is culturing pearls from the black lipped " Pinctada mazatlanica " oysters and the rainbow lipped " Pteria sterna " oysters.
15.
Although some have identified Pteria with Hattusa ( Bo azkale ), and with the near site of Kerkenes, this is uncertain; Herodotus mentions Pteria as near Sinop on the Black Sea, which is not at all close to Hattusa.
16.
Although some have identified Pteria with Hattusa ( Bo azkale ), and with the near site of Kerkenes, this is uncertain; Herodotus mentions Pteria as near Sinop on the Black Sea, which is not at all close to Hattusa.
17.
With modern techniques, seeding has become easier and " Pteria penguin " has joined " Pteria sterna ", another member of the genus " spat can be collected on spat collectors for growing on into mature oysters, and there are some hatcheries producing spat on a commercial scale.
18.
With modern techniques, seeding has become easier and " Pteria penguin " has joined " Pteria sterna ", another member of the genus " spat can be collected on spat collectors for growing on into mature oysters, and there are some hatcheries producing spat on a commercial scale.
19.
E . Chantre in 1894 picked up lustreless ware, like that of Hissariik, in central Phtygia and at Pteria ( q . v . ), and the English archaeological expeditions, sent subsequently into north-western Anatolia, have never failed to bring back ceramic specimens of Aegean appearance from the valleys of the Rhyndncus, Sangarius and Halys.
