OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Ostreoida Spondylidae
Spondylus castus Reeve, 1856
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Spondylus castus Reeve, 1856
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific to northern Mozambique
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
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
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
Keywords
habitat: coral reef
substrate: rocks
References
Lamprell, K. 1986. p.26, pl. 6, fig. 3 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.118, no. 290 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 2001. p.135 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Kilburn, R.N. 1995. p.89-91, fig. 3B-C Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreoida
Pectinina
Pectinoidea
Spondylidae
Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
Spondylus castus Reeve, 1856
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19844) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-10-05.