OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Ostreoida Spondylidae
Spondylidae
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Included taxa
Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
Common Name
Thorny Oysters p.282 Allan, J. 1950.
Keywords
habit: byssally attached [ by the anterior end of the right valve
]
substrate: coral
References
Allan, J. 1950. p.282 General reference
Iredale, T. 1939. p.371-372 General reference
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.530 General reference
Lamprell, K. 1987. General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreoida
Pectinina
Pectinoidea
Spondylidae
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19811) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-08.