Genus Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
Throny Oysters
Compiler and date details
2011 - Philippe Bouchet & Jean-Pierre Rocroi, generic information
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Type species:
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation.- Dianchora Sowerby, 1815 [the mineral conchology of Great Britain, 1: 183].
Type species:
Dianchora striata J. Sowerby, 1815 (Cox, 1969, [in Moore, ed.] Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, N1: 378) by subsequent designation. - Pachytos Defrance, 1825 [Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, 37: 206].
Type species:
Plagiostoma spinosa Sowerby (Herrmannsen, 1847, Indicis generum malacozoorum primordia, 2: 188) by subsequent designation. - Gaideropa Deshayes, 1832 [objective synonym].
- Eleutherospondylus Dunker, 1882.
- Corallospondylus Monterosato, 1917 [Bollettino della Società Zoologica Italiana, ser. 3, 4: 4].
Type species:
Spondylus gussonii O.G. Costa, 1829 by monotypy. - Potopsis Lamarck, 1918.
- Eltopera Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [372, 377].
Type species:
Spondylus fortior Iredale, 1939 by original designation. - Lanilda Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [372, 373].
Type species:
Spondylus ducalis Röding, 1798 by original designation. - Sponvola Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [372, 378, 379].
Type species:
Spondylus wrightianus Crosse, 1872 by original designation.
Introduction
Systematic studies of Spondylus have largely been based on morphological work. Very little has been done to elucidate bibliographic record identities (hence mostly ignored herein). The group would benefit greatly from molecular studies.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
SPONDYLIDAE: Spondylus electus Fulton, 1915 — Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [116, no. 280] (misidentification (not of Fulton 1915: 336). Spondylus electus is based on a Caribbean species, Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793 (see Lamprell 2006; Huber 2010). It is not certain what species the Australian record refers to); 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. (synonym of Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Tropical Indo-West Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
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 [74-80]
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. [214-222, 627-631] (systematic treatment tentative needing synonymies and hence not included herein)
Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [372-373]
Lamprell, K. 1987 [1986]. Spondylus: Spiny Oyster Shells of the World. Bathurst : Robert Brown & Associates 84 pp. [Date published 1987: imprint date of 1986]
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [114]
Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N378]
Satyamurti, S.T. 1952. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. I. Amphineura and Gastropoda. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History ns 1(no. 2, pt 6): 267 pp., 34 pls [62]
Common Name References
Mikkelsen, P.M. & Bieler, R. 2008. Seashells of southern Florida. Living marine mollusks of the Florida keys and adjacent regions. Princeton & Oxford : Princeton University Press 503 pp. [154] (Throny Oysters)
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) |
| 02-Apr-2020 | PECTINOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815 | 02-Apr-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 23-Apr-2018 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 23-Oct-2014 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | ABRS |
| 26-Jun-2013 | 22-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED |