OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Bivalvia Ostreoida Spondylidae
Spondylus microlepos Lamarck, 1819
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Spondylus microlepos Lamarck, 1819
Distribution
Madagcar, China, northern Queensland Barrier Reef areas, Western Australia and the Philippines (Lamprell, 1986)
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
Keywords
habit: byssally attached
substrate: coral
References
Lamprell, K. 1986. p.72, pl. 27, fig. 3 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.126, no. 311 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreoida
Pectinina
Pectinoidea
Spondylidae
Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
Spondylus microlepos Lamarck, 1819
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19921) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-09.