OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Bivalvia Ostreoida Spondylidae
Spondylus butleri Reeve, 1856
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Spondylus americanus Schreibers, 1793
Spondylus butleri Reeve, 1856
Distribution
Indo-Pacific to northern Zululand (Lamprell & Kilburn, 1995)
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.324
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Palawan
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.324
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Sulu Sea
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.324
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 2001. p.147
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Madagascar
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 2001. p.147
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 30 m
]
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
habitat: coral reef [ on coral among marine growths to 3 metres (Lamprell & Kilburn, 1995)
]
substrate: rocks
References
Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. p.53 Secondary source
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.116, no. 285 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 2001. p.147 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Kilburn, R.N. 1995. p.86, fig. 2A General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreoida
Pectinina
Pectinoidea
Spondylidae
Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
Spondylus butleri Reeve, 1856
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19829) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-10-10.