OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Bivalvia Ostreoida Spondylidae
Spondylus tenellus Reeve, 1856
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Spondylus tenellus Reeve, 1856
Spondylus (Tenellus) regillus Iredale, 1929
Common Name
Scarlet Thorny Oyster p.283 Allan, J. 1950.
Southern Thorny Oyster p.52, pl.53D Wilson, B 2002.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
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.
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
Keywords
substrate: coral
substrate: shell-debris
References
Allan, J. 1950. p.283, pl. 31, fig. 12 General reference
Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.108, fig. 94 General reference
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.11 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.124, no. 308 General reference
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.306, 308, fig. 349 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreoida
Pectinina
Pectinoidea
Spondylidae
Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
Spondylus tenellus Reeve, 1856
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19914) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-01-19.