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Bivalvia Ostreoida Spondylidae
Spondylus groschi Lamprell & Kilburn, 1995
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Spondylus gaederopus auct.
Spondylus marisrubri auct.
Spondylus exilis Sowerby
Spondylus groschi Lamprell & Kilburn, 1995
Distribution
Lamprell, 1998: "South Africa, Zululand north to the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. A Lessepsian migrant into the Mediterranean Sea."
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Persian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
Lamprell, K.L. 1998. p. 48
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p. 10
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 150 metres
]
depth: continental shelf Lamprell, K.L. 1998. p. 48
depth: intertidal
depth: subtidal Lamprell, K.L. 1998. p. 48
habitat: coral reef
substrate: coral Lamprell, K.L. 1998. p. 48
substrate: rocks
substrate: rocks Lamprell, K.L. 1998. p. 48
References
Lamprell, K. & Kilburn, R.N. 1995. p.84-86 General reference
Lamprell, K.L. 1998. p.48, pl. 2, figs. 1-7 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreoida
Pectinina
Pectinoidea
Spondylidae
Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
Spondylus groschi Lamprell & Kilburn, 1995
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=47700) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-07-06. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-09-13.