Species Spondylus asperrimus Sowerby, 1847

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• Spondylus asperrimus Sowerby, G.B. 2nd 1847. Descriptions of several new species of Spondylus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 86-88 [87].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Philippines.

 

Introduction

Incongruent views of the taxonomy exist between publications by Lamprell (2006) and Dijkstra & Marshall (2008) (see references). The former has been chosen here as the latter authors recognise the lack of insight to form an opinion and uncritically follow Lamprell & Healy (2001).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific, east to Hawaii

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth: continental shelf to 140m; substrate: coral.

 

General References

Dijkstra, H.H. & Marshall, B.A. 2008. The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca; Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae). Molluscan Research 28(1): 1-88 [74-76, 63, 64A]

Fulton, H.C. 1915. A list of the recent species of Spondylus Linné with some notes and descriptions of six new forms. Journal de Conchyliologie 14: 331-362 [332, no. 5] (secondary source)

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. 1992. Notes on the genus Spondylus Linnaeus with descriptions of two new species from Western Australia (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Spondylidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 32(1): 189-194 [192]

Lamprell, K. 2006. Spiny Oysters. A revision of the living Spondylus species of the world. Brisbane : Jean Lamprell pp. 1-119. [48, pl. 12, figs H-M]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [116, fig. 282]

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 [140, figs 9a, b]

 

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)
23-Apr-2018	BIVALVIA	28-Mar-2018	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
26-Jun-2013		26-Jun-2013	MODIFIED
		07-Jan-2011	MODIFIED