OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Ostreoida Spondylidae 

Spondylus clarksoni Lamprell, 1992

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Spondylus clarksoni Lamprell, 1992

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia

Keywords

substrate: sand bottom [ covered in red sponge attached to low-profile limestone reefs, on a sandy bottom, among sponges and gorgonian corals ]

References

 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.124, no. 305 General reference

Classification

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

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19908) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-08.