OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Ostreoida Spondylidae 

Spondylus eastae Lamprell, 1992

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Spondylus eastae Lamprell, 1992

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia

Keywords

habitat: coral reef [ embedded in dead coral boulders and depressions on reef, among sponges and gorgonian corals, usually covered in red sponge {LAMPRELL1998A} ]

References

 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.116, no. 283 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Pectinina
                  Pectinoidea
                    Spondylidae
                      Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
                        Spondylus eastae Lamprell, 1992

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19824) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-08.