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Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Pectinida »  family Spondylidae »  genus Spondylus - Spiny oysters

Scientific synonyms

Spondylus ambiguus Chenu, 1844
Spondylus ambiguus Chenu, 1845
Spondylus crocatus Deshayes, 1849
Spondylus digitatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1847
Spondylus electrum L. A. Reeve, 1856
Spondylus electrum Reeve, 1856
Spondylus electus Fulton, 1915
Spondylus electus Fulton, 1915
Spondylus erinaceus L. A. Reeve, 1856
Spondylus erinaceus Reeve, 1856

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Spondylus tenuis

Author: Jan Delsing

Spondylus tenuis

Author: Jan Delsing

Spondylus tenuis

Author: Jan Delsing

Spondylus tenuis

Author: Mikkelsen & Bieler

Taxon in country check-lists*

North America: United States of America (Florida), South America: Brazil, Caribbean

* List of countries might not be complete

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Description

Obliquely oval, brick red or dull purple with white mottling at umbones, with coarse, irregular radial ribs adorned with short spines, minor spines with minute prickles, spines of all sizes often digitate at ends; interior white, margin brick red and denticulate. Florida, Bermuda, Bahamas, West Indies, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Central America, South America (to Brazil). Height 55 mm (to 95 mm).
Mikkelsen, P.M. & Bieler, R., 2003. Seashells of Southern Florida. Living Marine Mollusks of the Florida Keys and Adjacent Regions: Bivalves.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Spondylus electrum Reeve, 1856]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Spondylus electus Fulton, 1915]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Spondylus erinaceus Reeve, 1856]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Spondylus gilvus Reeve, 1852]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Spondylus longitudinalis Lamarck, 1819]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
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