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Bivalvia Ostreoida Spondylidae 

Spondylus violascens Lamarck, 1819

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Spondylus violascens Lamarck, 1819
   Spondylus tenebrosus Reeve, 1856

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Marshall Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Kiribati: Gilbert Islands

Keywords

depth: subtidal [ to 10 m ]
habitat: fringing reef 
habitat: tide pools 
substrate: shell-debris [ attached to shell debris {LAMPRELL1998A} ]

References

 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.532 [ as Spondylus tenebrosus Reeve, 1856 ]  General reference
 Lamprell, K. 1986. p.14, pl. 1, fig. 2 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.114, no. 278 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Pectinina
                  Pectinoidea
                    Spondylidae
                      Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
                        Spondylus violascens Lamarck, 1819

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19815) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-08.