Species Spondylus clarksoni Lamprell, 1992
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Spondylus clarksoni 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 [189, fig. 1a-d].
Type data:
Holotype WAM 562-91, Bennett Shoal, central Exmouth Gulf, WA, 9-13 m, exposed on dead coral faces.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Substrate: sand bottom, covered in red sponge attached to low-profile limestone reefs, on a sandy bottom, among sponges and gorgonian corals.
General References
Lamprell, K. 2006. Spiny Oysters. A revision of the living Spondylus species of the world. Brisbane : Jean Lamprell pp. 1-119. [76, pl. 26, figs A-K]
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [124, no. 305]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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22-Aug-2023 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
26-Jun-2013 | 26-Jun-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
14-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED |