Species Spondylus squamosus Schreibers, 1793

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spondylus squamosus Schreibers, K. 1793. Versuch einer vollstandigen Conchylienkenntniss nach Linnaeus System. Vienna pp. 151-171. [157].

  Type data:

   Lectotype.
• Spondylus spathuliferus Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [191, sp. 13].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHG 1089/6.
• Spondylus sinensis Sowerby, G.B. 2nd 1847. Descriptions of several new species of Spondylus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 86-88 [87] [junior homonym; not Spondylus sinensis Schreibers, 1793].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, China.
• Spondylus barbatus Reeve, L.A. 1856. Monograph of the genus Spondylus. pls 1-18 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 9. [pl. 4, sp. 16].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1950.8.28.3-4.
• Spondylus mus Reeve, L.A. 1856. Monograph of the genus Spondylus. pls 1-18 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 9. [sp. 12].
• Spondylus cruentus Lischke, C.E. 1869. Japanische Meeres-Conchylien. Ein beitrag zur kenntniss der Mollusken Japan's, mit besonderer rücksicht auf die geographische vertreitung derselben. Cassel : Fischer Vol. 1 192 pp., 14 pls. [221].
• Spondylus japonicus Kuroda, T. 1932. Illustrated catalogue of Japanese shells. Kyoto Vol. 3(3) pp. 103-112. [p. 110].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Attached to dead coral, shells or miscellaneous debris in shallow, turbid water

 

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. 2006. Spiny Oysters. A revision of the living Spondylus species of the world. Brisbane : Jean Lamprell pp. 1-119. [54, pl. 15, figs A-L]

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 [136, fig. 8]

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 [5, pl. 3, figs 4-7, pl. 4, figs 1-4]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [164, pl.483, p. 283, figs. 7, 7a] (Northern Thorny Oyster)

 

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
		14-Jan-2011	MODIFIED