OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Ostreoida Spondylidae
Spondylus squamosus Schreibers, 1793
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Spondylus sinensis auct.
Spondylus squamosus Schreibers, 1793
Spondylus spathuliferous Lamarck, 1819
Spondylus sinensis Sowerby, 1847
Spondylus barbatus Reeve, 1856
Spondylus japonicus Kuroda, 1932
Common Name
Northern Thorny Oyster p.164, pl.483p.283, fig.7, 7a Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
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: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
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-China: China: Hong Kong (Xianggang)
Valentich-Scott, P. 2003. p.275
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 2001. p.136
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 2001. p.136
Keywords
substrate: coral
substrate: rocks
References
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.120 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 2001. p.136 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreoida
Pectinina
Pectinoidea
Spondylidae
Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
Spondylus squamosus Schreibers, 1793
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19879) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-10-10.