OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

ANSP OBIS Home | Another Search

Bivalvia Ostreoida Spondylidae 

Spondylus aurantius Lamarck, 1819

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Spondylus versicolor Schreibers, 1793

Types

Primary Type: Type Lamarck, J.B.P. de M. 1819. p.192
China Sea (Chenu). Seychelles (Sowerby)
Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneve MHNG 1089/12 Type unknown

Keywords

Original Epithet:  aurantius
Nomenclatural Action: New Taxon       Lamarck, J.B.P. de M. 1819. p.80 
Original Text Name:  Spondylus aurantius
Original Genus:  Spondylus

References

 Fulton, H.C. 1915. p.332, no. 3 Secondary source

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Pectinina
                  Pectinoidea
                    Spondylidae
                      Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
                        Spondylus versicolor Schreibers, 1793
                          Spondylus aurantius Lamarck, 1819

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=54490) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.