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Species Spondylus foliaceus Schreibers, 1793


Compiler and date details

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Mostly found on filamentous algae covered coral rubble flats, in shallow water areas oprotected from heavy swell. Occurs down to 40 m

 

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] (p. 52, pl. 18, figs 2a-c (as Spondylus imbutus), p. 52, pl. 18, figs 1a-e (asSpondylus sinensis))

Lamprell, K. 2006. Spiny Oysters. A revision of the living Spondylus species of the world. Brisbane : Jean Lamprell pp. 1-119. [66, pl. 21, figs A-J]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [122, fig. 302] (as Spondylus sinensis)

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 [149, figs 12a, b]

Lamprell, K. & Kilburn, R.N. 1995. The Recent Spondylidae of South Africa and Mozambique, with the description of a new species (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinoidea). Molluscan Research 16: 81-95 [87, fig. 2b] (as Spondylus sinensis)

Lamprell, K. L. & Willan, R.C. 2000. Rectification of nomenclature for three species of Spondylus Linneaus (Bivalvia: Pectinoidea: Spondylidae) from the Indo-Pacific based on re-examination of type specimens. Vita Marina 47(1): 1-8 [4, pl. 1, figs 1-6, p1, 2, figs 1-3]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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
14-Jan-2011 MODIFIED