Species Spondylus variegatus Schreibers, 1793

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spondylus variegatus Schreibers, K. 1793. Versuch einer vollstandigen Conchylienkenntniss nach Linnaeus System. Vienna pp. 151-171. [154-155].
• Spondylus aculeatus Schreibers, K. 1793. Versuch einer vollstandigen Conchylienkenntniss nach Linnaeus System. Vienna pp. 151-171. [157].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific; Australian record from Shark Bay, WA

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Attached to dead corals, oyster shells or debris. Prefers silty substrate with limited suitable substrate for attachment in areas with some tidal flow, to 18 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. 2006. Spiny Oysters. A revision of the living Spondylus species of the world. Brisbane : Jean Lamprell pp. 1-119. [64, pl. 20, figs G-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 [137, fig. 8B]

 

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)
		08-Mar-2011	ADDED