OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Ostreoida Spondylidae
Spondylus asiaticus Chenu, 1845
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Spondylus asiaticus Chenu, 1845
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 150 m
]
habit: byssally attached
substrate: coral
References
Fulton, H.C. 1915. p.335, no. 22 Secondary source
Lamprell, K. 1987. p.16, fig. 3 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.114 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreoida
Pectinina
Pectinoidea
Spondylidae
Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
Spondylus asiaticus Chenu, 1845
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19813) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-09.