Species Spondylus sparsispinosus Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Spondylus sparsispinosus Dall, W.H., Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H.A. 1938. A manual of the recent and fossil marine Pelecypod mollusks of the Hawaiian Island. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 153: 3-233, pls 1-57 [Date published July 25] [98, pl. 26, figs 1-5].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 190436, Pailolo Channel, Hawaiian Islands, 238-274 m.
Status unknown, NSMT Mo.42037, South China Sea, c. 200 m. - ?Spondylus erectospinus Habe, T. 1973. A new Spondylus from the South China Sea. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 16: 37-39 [37, figs 1, 2].
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Western Pacific, from south China Sea to north eastern New Zealand
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
155-841 m
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 [79, figs 68E, G, 70]
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) |
| 15-Aug-2011 | ADDED |