Species Spondylus darwini Jousseaume, 1882

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spondylus darwini Jousseaume, F. 1882. Quelques cas tératologiques présentés par des mollusques et description d'espéces nouvelles de mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 7: 311.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from coastal reefs in Queensland. Previous record from Philippines not discussed in Lamprell (2006).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Attached to dead coral

 

General References

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] [18, pl. 2, fig. 6] (general reference)

Lamprell, K. 2006. Spiny Oysters. A revision of the living Spondylus species of the world. Brisbane : Jean Lamprell pp. 1-119. [78, pl. 27, figs A-C]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [116, fig. 281]

 

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