OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Bivalvia Ostreoida Spondylidae
Spondylus asperrimus Sowerby, 1847
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Spondylus asperrimus Sowerby, 1847
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 140 metres
]
substrate: coral
References
Fulton, H.C. 1915. p.332, no. 5 Secondary source
Lamprell, K. 1987. p.20, fig. 1 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.116 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreoida
Pectinina
Pectinoidea
Spondylidae
Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
Spondylus asperrimus Sowerby, 1847
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19822) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-09.