Species Spondylus albibarbatus Reeve, 1856

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spondylus albibarbatus Reeve, L.A. 1856. Monograph of the genus Spondylus. pls 1-18 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 9. [sp. 32, pl. 9, fig. 32].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Philippine Islands.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical Indo-West Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth: subtidal to 20 m, intertidal, shallow subtidal; habit: byssally attached (are of attachment large); substrate: coral, rocks.

 

General References

Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. Catalogue of the Living Marine Bivalve Molluscs of China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press 121 pp. [53] (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. 1987 [1986]. Spondylus: Spiny Oyster Shells of the World. Bathurst : Robert Brown & Associates 84 pp. [Date published 1987: imprint date of 1986] [24, pl. 5, fig. 1]

Lamprell, K. 2006. Spiny Oysters. A revision of the living Spondylus species of the world. Brisbane : Jean Lamprell pp. 1-119. [44, pl. 10, figs A-F]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [118, no. 286]

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 [155, fig. 14e]

 

Common Name References

Reeve, L.A. 1856. Monograph of the genus Spondylus. pls 1-18 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 9. [sp. 32] (The White-bearded Spondylus)

 

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