OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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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 RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN 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.