Species Spondylus spinosus Schreibers, 1793

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spondylus spinosus Schreibers, K. 1793. Versuch einer vollstandigen Conchylienkenntniss nach Linnaeus System. Vienna pp. 151-171. [154].
• Spondylus proboscideus Schreibers, K. 1793. Versuch einer vollstandigen Conchylienkenntniss nach Linnaeus System. Vienna pp. 151-171. [155].
• Spondylus aculeatus Schreibers, K. 1793. Versuch einer vollstandigen Conchylienkenntniss nach Linnaeus System. Vienna pp. 151-171. [157].
• Spondylus marisrubri Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [194].
• Spondylus tatus Chenu, J.C. 1845. Illustrations Conchyliologiques. Paris : Fortum & Masson Vol. 2. [pl. 25-27].
• Spondylus ducalis lamarcki Chenu, J.C. 1845. Illustrations Conchyliologiques. Paris : Fortum & Masson Vol. 2. [6, pl. 9, figs 3-4] [as Spondylus ducalis var. lamarcki Chenu, 1845].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Indian Ocean.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mediterranean and Indo-West Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Attached to dead coral or debris in depths exceeding 3 m. Frequently found in protected lagoons among Acropora

 

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] [44, pl. 14, figs 2a, b]

Lamprell, K. 2006. Spiny Oysters. A revision of the living Spondylus species of the world. Brisbane : Jean Lamprell pp. 1-119. [42, pl. 9, figs A-K]

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 [150]

Lamprell, K.L. 1998. Recent Spondylus species from the Middle East and adjacent regions, with the description of two new species. Vita Marina 45(1-2): 41-60 [44, pl. 1, figs 5-7]

 

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
		07-Jan-2011	MODIFIED