Species Spondylus asperrimus Sowerby, 1847
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- 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
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)
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 |