Species Spondylus foliaceus Schreibers, 1793

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spondylus foliaceus Schreibers, K. 1793. Versuch einer vollstandigen Conchylienkenntniss nach Linnaeus System. Vienna pp. 151-171. [156] [based on Chemnitz 1784: pl. 46, figs. 472-473].

  Type data:

   Lectotype.
• Spondylus marmoratus Schreibers, K. 1793. Versuch einer vollstandigen Conchylienkenntniss nach Linnaeus System. Vienna pp. 151-171. [160].
• Spondylus pictorum Schreibers, K. 1793. Versuch einer vollstandigen Conchylienkenntniss nach Linnaeus System. Vienna pp. 151-171. [158] [based on Chemnitz 1784: pl. 69, figs E-F].

  Type data:

   Lectotype.
• Spondylus pesasininus 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, sp. 11] [based on Chemnitz 1784: pl. 46, figs 472-473].
• Spondylus digitatus Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 59, fig. 3].
• Spondylus crassisquamatus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [189].
• Spondylus costatus Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [189].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, W. Australia.
• Spondylus multilamellatus Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [189].
• Spondylus petroselenium Sowerby, G.B. 1847-1855. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London Vol. 1-2 pp. 1-438, 439-899. [419].
• Spondylus imbutus 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. 15, fig. 55].
• Spondylus nux 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. 64].
• Spondylus croceus 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. 19] [junior homonym; not Spondylus croceus Schreibers, 1793].
• Spondylus pernux Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [376].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.44682 dry, Great Barrier Reef, St. Crispins Reef, north west end, Queensland, Australia [16°4‘58.8‘S 145°52‘1.2‘E].
• Spondylus sinensis Kira, T. 1962. Shells of the Western Pacific in Colour. Osaka : Hoikusa 224 pp. 72 pls. [142, pl. 51, fig. 4] [junior homonym; not Spondylus sinensis Schreibers, 1793].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Mostly found on filamentous algae covered coral rubble flats, in shallow water areas oprotected from heavy swell. Occurs down to 40 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. 1987 [1986]. Spondylus: Spiny Oyster Shells of the World. Bathurst : Robert Brown & Associates 84 pp. [Date published 1987: imprint date of 1986] (p. 52, pl. 18, figs 2a-c (as Spondylus imbutus), p. 52, pl. 18, figs 1a-e (asSpondylus sinensis))

Lamprell, K. 2006. Spiny Oysters. A revision of the living Spondylus species of the world. Brisbane : Jean Lamprell pp. 1-119. [66, pl. 21, figs A-J]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [122, fig. 302] (as Spondylus sinensis)

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 [149, figs 12a, b]

Lamprell, K. & Kilburn, R.N. 1995. The Recent Spondylidae of South Africa and Mozambique, with the description of a new species (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinoidea). Molluscan Research 16: 81-95 [87, fig. 2b] (as Spondylus sinensis)

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 [4, pl. 1, figs 1-6, p1, 2, figs 1-3]

 

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