OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Bivalvia Ostreoida Spondylidae
Spondylus prionifer Iredale, 1931
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Spondylus prionifer Iredale, 1931
Distribution
recorded from Sydney Harbour and the Capricorn Channel, Qeensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 33 m
]
depth: subtidal
substrate: coral
substrate: rocks
References
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.11 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.124 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreoida
Pectinina
Pectinoidea
Spondylidae
Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
Spondylus prionifer Iredale, 1931
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19910) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-09.