Species Spondylus versicolor Schreibers, 1793

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spondylus versicolor Schreibers, K. 1793. Versuch einer vollstandigen Conchylienkenntniss nach Linnaeus System. Vienna pp. 151-171. [159].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.
• Spondylus aurantius Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [192].

  Type data:

   
  Status unknown, MHNG 1089/12, locality unknown; China Sea (Chenu), Seychelles (Sowerby).
• Spondylus plurispinosus Reeve, L.A. 1856. Monograph of the genus Spondylus. pls 1-18 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 9. [pl. 5, sp. 18].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1996252.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Attached to coral or other hard substrates to 50 m in high tidal flow and silty conditions

 

General References

Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Lamprell, K. 1987 [1986]. Spondylus: Spiny Oyster Shells of the World. Bathurst : Robert Brown & Associates 84 pp. [Date published 1987: imprint date of 1986] [22, pl. 4, fig. 1]

Lamprell, K. 2006. Spiny Oysters. A revision of the living Spondylus species of the world. Brisbane : Jean Lamprell pp. 1-119. [50, pl. 13, figs E-J]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [116]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 2001. Spondylidae (Bivalvia) from New Caledonia and adjacent waters. pp. 111-163 in Bouchet, P. & Marshall, B.A. (eds). Tropical deep-sea benthos, Volume 22. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 185: 1–406 [137, figs 8c-d]

Lamprell, K.L. 1998. Recent Spondylus species from the Middle East and adjacent regions, with the description of two new species. Vita Marina 45(1-2): 41-60 [56, pl. 3, figs 6-8]

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [324] (distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
26-Jun-2013		26-Jun-2013	MODIFIED
		11-Jan-2011	MODIFIED