Species Spondylus tenellus Reeve, 1856
Scarlet Thorny Oyster, Southern Thorny Oyster
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Spondylus tenellus 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. 18, fig. 67].
Type data:
Status unknown, Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Australia. - Spondylus (Tenellus) regillus Iredale, T. 1929. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 157-189, pls 38-41 [165, pl. 38, figs 3-5].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.57731, off Montague Island, NSW, Australia, 50-60 fathoms [36°10‘1.2‘S 150°13‘58.8‘E]. - Spondylus prionifer Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201–235, pls xxii–xxv [Date published 29 June] [205, pl. 24, fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.57778, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia [33°51‘0‘S 151°13‘58.8‘E].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Attached to rocks or debris in 3 to 100 m in areas with strong current and turbid water
General 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. [283, pl. 31, fig. 12]
Cotton, B.C. 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda. Adelaide : W.L. Hawes, Government Printer 363 pp. [Date published Oct: Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series] [108, fig. 94]
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [11]
Lamprell, K. 1987 [1986]. Spondylus: Spiny Oyster Shells of the World. Bathurst : Robert Brown & Associates 84 pp. [Date published 1987: imprint date of 1986] [68, pl. 25, fig. 1]
Lamprell, K. 2006. Spiny Oysters. A revision of the living Spondylus species of the world. Brisbane : Jean Lamprell pp. 1-119. [94, pl. 35, figs A-F]
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [124, no. 308]
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [306, 308, fig. 349]
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. [283] (Scarlet Thorny Oyster)
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [52, pl. 53D] (Southern 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) |
| 23-Oct-2014 | BIVALVIA | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | ABRS |
| 26-Jun-2013 | 26-Jun-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED |