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Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758

To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL 617474 617475 617476)
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138518  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138518)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Pectinida (Order)
  8. Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Spondylidae (Family)
  10. Spondylinae (Subfamily)
  11. Spondylus (Genus)
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Genus
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Lanilda Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted
Podopsis Lamarck, 1819 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Spondylus (Rimaespondylus) Damarco, 2015 · unaccepted (unavailable name: no type species...)  
unavailable name: no type species designated
Spondylus (Spondylus) Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (subgenus not accepted)

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  1. Species Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781
  2. Species Spondylus anacanthus Mawe, 1823
  3. Species Spondylus asiaticus Chenu, 1844
  4. Species Spondylus asperrimus G. B. Sowerby II, 1847
  5. Species Spondylus avramsingeri Kovalis, 2010
  6. Species Spondylus baochauae Thach, 2023
  7. Species Spondylus bichlinhorum Thach, 2024
  8. Species Spondylus butleri Reeve, 1856
  9. Species Spondylus candidus Lamarck, 1819
  10. Species Spondylus clarksoni Lamprell, 1992
  11. Species Spondylus concavus Deshayes, 1863
  12. Species Spondylus crassisquama Lamarck, 1819
  13. Species Spondylus croceus Schreibers, 1793
  14. Species Spondylus darwini Jousseaume, 1882
  15. Species Spondylus deforgesi Lamprell & Healy, 2001
  16. Species Spondylus depressus Fulton, 1915
  17. Species Spondylus eastae Lamprell, 1992
  18. Species Spondylus echinatus Schreibers, 1793
  19. Species Spondylus erectospinus T. Habe, 1973
  20. Species Spondylus exiguus Lamprell & Healy, 2001
  21. Species Spondylus exilis G. B. Sowerby III, 1895
  22. Species Spondylus fauroti Jousseaume, 1888
  23. Species Spondylus foliaceus Schreibers, 1793
  24. Species Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758
  25. Species Spondylus gloriandus Melvill & Standen, 1907
  26. Species Spondylus gloriosus Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
  27. Species Spondylus gravis Fulton, 1915
  28. Species Spondylus griffithsi Thach, 2023
  29. Species Spondylus groschi Lamprell & Kilburn, 1995
  30. Species Spondylus gussonii O. G. Costa, 1830
  31. Species Spondylus heidkeae Lamprell & Healy, 2001
  32. Species Spondylus imperialis Chenu, 1844
  33. Species Spondylus jamarci Okutani, 1983
  34. Species Spondylus lamarckii Chenu, 1845
  35. Species Spondylus layardi Reeve, 1856
  36. Species Spondylus leucacanthus Broderip, 1833
  37. Species Spondylus limbatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1847
  38. Species Spondylus linguafelis G. B. Sowerby II, 1847
  39. Species Spondylus maestratii Lamprell & Healy, 2001
  40. Species Spondylus marinensis T. Cossignani & Allary, 2018
  41. Species Spondylus mimus Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
  42. Species Spondylus morrisoni Damarco, 2015
  43. Species Spondylus multimuricatus Reeve, 1856
  44. Species Spondylus multisetosus Reeve, 1856
  45. Species Spondylus ngocae Thach, 2023
  46. Species Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793
  47. Species Spondylus occidens G. B. Sowerby III, 1903
  48. Species Spondylus ocellatus Reeve, 1856
  49. Species Spondylus orstomi Lamprell & Healy, 2001
  50. Species Spondylus ostreoides E. A. Smith, 1885
  51. Species Spondylus pratii Parth, 1990
  52. Species Spondylus proneri Lamprell & Healy, 2001
  53. Species Spondylus pseudogaederopus T. Cossignani, 2022
  54. Species Spondylus purpurascens T. Cossignani, 2022
  55. Species Spondylus raoulensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
  56. Species Spondylus reesianus G. B. Sowerby III, 1903
  57. Species Spondylus regius Linnaeus, 1758
  58. Species Spondylus rippingalei Lamprell & Healy, 2001
  59. Species Spondylus rubicundus Reeve, 1856
  60. Species Spondylus senegalensis Schreibers, 1793
  61. Species Spondylus sinensis Schreibers, 1793
  62. Species Spondylus spinosus Schreibers, 1793
  63. Species Spondylus squamosus Schreibers, 1793
  64. Species Spondylus tenellus Reeve, 1856
  65. Species Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793
  66. Species Spondylus tenuispinosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1847
  67. Species Spondylus tenuitas Garrard, 1966
  68. Species Spondylus variegatus Schreibers, 1793
  69. Species Spondylus varius G. B. Sowerby I, 1827
  70. Species Spondylus versicolor Schreibers, 1793
  71. Species Spondylus victoriae G. B. Sowerby II, 1860
  72. Species Spondylus violacescens Lamarck, 1819
  73. Species Spondylus virgineus Reeve, 1856
  74. Species Spondylus visayensis Poppe & Tagaro, 2010
  75. Species Spondylus zonalis Lamarck, 1819
  76. Subgenus Spondylus (Corallospondylus) Monterosato, 1917 accepted as Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
  77. Subgenus Spondylus (Eleutherospondylos) Dunker, 1882 accepted as Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
  78. Subgenus Spondylus (Eltopera) Iredale, 1939 accepted as Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
  79. Subgenus Spondylus (Lanilda) Iredale, 1939 accepted as Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
    1. Species Spondylus (Lanilda) ducalis Röding, 1798 accepted as Spondylus sinensis Schreibers, 1793
  80. Subgenus Spondylus (Rimaespondylus) Damarco, 2015 accepted as Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758 (unavailable name: no type species designated)
    1. Species Spondylus (Rimaespondylus) morrisoni Damarco, 2015 accepted as Spondylus morrisoni Damarco, 2015
  81. Subgenus Spondylus (Spondylus) Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758 (subgenus not accepted)
    1. Subgenus Spondylus (Sponvola) Iredale, 1939 accepted as Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
      1. Species Spondylus (Sponvola) wrightianus Crosse, 1872 accepted as Spondylus victoriae G. B. Sowerby II, 1860
    2. Species Spondylus aculeatus Schreibers, 1793 accepted as Spondylus variegatus Schreibers, 1793
    3. Species Spondylus aculeatus Broderip, 1833 accepted as Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793
    4. Species Spondylus aculeatus Schröter, 1788 accepted as Spondylus spinosus Schreibers, 1793 (non-binominal)
    5. Species Spondylus affinis Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus multisetosus Reeve, 1856
    6. Species Spondylus albibarbatus Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus echinatus Schreibers, 1793
    7. Species Spondylus albidus Broderip, 1836 accepted as Spondylus gussonii O. G. Costa, 1830
    8. Species Spondylus albus Schreibers, 1793 accepted as Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781
    9. Species Spondylus albus Anton, 1838 accepted as Spondylus echinatus Schreibers, 1793
    10. Species Spondylus albus Chenu, 1844 accepted as Spondylus echinatus Schreibers, 1793 (not an available name: not the first validation of a non-binomial name in Chemnitz (1786))
    11. Species Spondylus ambiguus Chenu, 1844 accepted as Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793
    12. Species Spondylus americanus Schreibers, 1793 accepted as Spondylus butleri Reeve, 1856 (unaccepted > junior homonym, not Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781)
    13. Species Spondylus arachnoides Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781
    14. Species Spondylus armatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 accepted as Spondylus victoriae G. B. Sowerby II, 1860 (homonym of Spondylus armatus Goldfuss, 1835 †)
    15. Species Spondylus aurantiacus Röding, 1798 accepted as Spondylus croceus Schreibers, 1793
    16. Species Spondylus aurantius Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Spondylus versicolor Schreibers, 1793
    17. Species Spondylus aurispinae Damarco & Bologna, 2009 accepted as Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781
    18. Species Spondylus avicularis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781
    19. Species Spondylus barbatus Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus squamosus Schreibers, 1793
    20. Species Spondylus basilicus Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus crassisquama Lamarck, 1819
    21. Species Spondylus bianchii Selli, 1974 accepted as Spondylus nudus Reeve, 1842 accepted as Spondylus anacanthus Mawe, 1823 (superfluous nomen novum for Spondylus nudus Reeve, 1842)
    22. Species Spondylus calcifer P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Spondylus limbatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    23. Species Spondylus camurus Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus multisetosus Reeve, 1856
    24. Species Spondylus castus Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus echinatus Schreibers, 1793
    25. Species Spondylus cevikeri Lamprell, J. Stanisic & Clarkson, 2001 accepted as Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758
    26. Species Spondylus ciliatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 accepted as Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793
    27. Species Spondylus coccineus Lamarck, 1819, sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 accepted as Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793
    28. Species Spondylus coccineus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Spondylus limbatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 (invalid: junior homonym of S. coccineus Schreibers, 1793; S. punicus is a replacement name)
    29. Species Spondylus contrarius Anton, 1838 accepted as Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758
    30. Species Spondylus costatus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Spondylus foliaceus Schreibers, 1793
    31. Species Spondylus crocatus Deshayes, 1849 accepted as Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793
    32. Species Spondylus croceus Chemnitz, 1784 accepted as Spondylus croceus Schreibers, 1793 (unavailable name, published in a work rejected y ICZN Direction 1; available from Schreibers, 1793)
    33. Species Spondylus cruentus Lischke, 1868 accepted as Spondylus squamosus Schreibers, 1793 (junior synonym)
    34. Species Spondylus cumingii G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 accepted as Spondylus regius Linnaeus, 1758
    35. Species Spondylus cuneus Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781
    36. Species Spondylus darwini Jousseaume, 1882, sensu Lamprell & Healy, 1998 accepted as Spondylus asperrimus G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 (misapplication)
    37. Species Spondylus delessertii Chenu, 1844 accepted as Spondylus varius G. B. Sowerby I, 1827
    38. Species Spondylus dentatus Chenu, 1844 accepted as Spondylus spinosus Schreibers, 1793
    39. Species Spondylus digitatus Perry, 1811 accepted as Spondylus foliaceus Schreibers, 1793
    40. Species Spondylus digitatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 accepted as Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793
    41. Species Spondylus dominicensis Röding, 1798 accepted as Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    42. Species Spondylus dubius Broderip, 1833 accepted as Spondylus crassisquama Lamarck, 1819
    43. Species Spondylus ducalis Röding, 1798 accepted as Spondylus sinensis Schreibers, 1793
    44. Species Spondylus echinatus A. d'Orbigny, 1853 accepted as Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781 (junior synonym)
    45. Species Spondylus electrum Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793
    46. Species Spondylus electus Fulton, 1915 accepted as Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793
    47. Species Spondylus ella Iredale, 1939 accepted as Spondylus victoriae G. B. Sowerby II, 1860
    48. Species Spondylus erectospinosus [sic] accepted as Spondylus erectospinus T. Habe, 1973 (incorrect subsequent spelling of erectospinus by Habe)
    49. Species Spondylus erinaceus Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793
    50. Species Spondylus excavatus Chenu, 1844 accepted as Spondylus senegalensis Schreibers, 1793
    51. Species Spondylus flabellum Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus anacanthus Mawe, 1823
    52. Species Spondylus foliabrassicae A. d'Orbigny, 1853 accepted as Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781
    53. Species Spondylus fragilis G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 accepted as Spondylus sinensis Schreibers, 1793
    54. Species Spondylus fragum Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus multisetosus Reeve, 1856
    55. Species Spondylus fulvus Schreibers, 1793 accepted as Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758
    56. Species Spondylus gilvus Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793
    57. Species Spondylus gracilis Chenu, 1844 accepted as Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793
    58. Species Spondylus hawaiensis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Spondylus candidus Lamarck, 1819
    59. Species Spondylus herinaceus Chenu, 1844 accepted as Spondylus zonalis Lamarck, 1819
    60. Species Spondylus hystrix Röding, 1798 accepted as Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793
    61. Species Spondylus hystrix Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus virgineus Reeve, 1856
    62. Species Spondylus ictericus Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    63. Species Spondylus igneus Fulton, 1915 accepted as Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793
    64. Species Spondylus imbutus Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus foliaceus Schreibers, 1793
    65. Species Spondylus inermis Alvarado & Álvarez, 1964 accepted as Spondylus senegalensis Schreibers, 1793 (junior homonym of Spondylus inermis Bronn, 1860)
    66. Species Spondylus iredalei Fulton, 1915 accepted as Spondylus raoulensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915 (junior subjective synonym)
    67. Species Spondylus japonicus Kuroda, 1932 accepted as Spondylus squamosus Schreibers, 1793
    68. Species Spondylus jubalensis E. Lamy, 1938 accepted as Spondylus candidus Lamarck, 1819
    69. Species Spondylus kauaiensis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Spondylus mimus Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
    70. Species Spondylus lamarckii sensu P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Spondylus limbatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 (misapplication)
    71. Species Spondylus lamyi Fulton, 1915 accepted as Spondylus multimuricatus Reeve, 1856
    72. Species Spondylus leucacantha Broderip, 1833 accepted as Spondylus leucacanthus Broderip, 1833 (incorrect gender of species epithet)
    73. Species Spondylus lima Chenu, 1844 accepted as Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793
    74. Species Spondylus lindea Iredale, 1939 accepted as Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793
    75. Species Spondylus longispina Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781
    76. Species Spondylus longitudinalis Lamarck, 1819, sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 accepted as Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793 (misapplication)
    77. Species Spondylus longitudinalis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781
    78. Species Spondylus maculatus Schreibers, 1793 accepted as Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793
    79. Species Spondylus marisrubri Röding, 1798 accepted as Spondylus spinosus Schreibers, 1793
    80. Species Spondylus mediterraneus Hermann, 1781 accepted as Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758
    81. Species Spondylus microlepos Lamarck, 1819 sensu Lamprell, 1986 accepted as Spondylus heidkeae Lamprell & Healy, 2001 (misapplication)
    82. Species Spondylus minimus Chenu, 1844 accepted as Spondylus gussonii O. G. Costa, 1830
    83. Species Spondylus mireilleae Lamprell & Healy, 2001 accepted as Spondylus occidens G. B. Sowerby III, 1903
    84. Species Spondylus monachus Chenu, 1844 accepted as Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793
    85. Species Spondylus multilamellatus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Spondylus foliaceus Schreibers, 1793
    86. Species Spondylus muricatus Chenu, 1845 accepted as Spondylus sinensis Schreibers, 1793
    87. Species Spondylus mus Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus squamosus Schreibers, 1793
    88. Species Spondylus nudus Reeve, 1842 accepted as Spondylus anacanthus Mawe, 1823
    89. Species Spondylus nux Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus foliaceus Schreibers, 1793
    90. Species Spondylus obliquus Chenu, 1844 accepted as Spondylus anacanthus Mawe, 1823 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid; not Münster, 1841)
    91. Species Spondylus pacificus Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus anacanthus Mawe, 1823
    92. Species Spondylus parocellatus Iredale, 1939 accepted as Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793
    93. Species Spondylus parvispinus Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Spondylus candidus Lamarck, 1819
    94. Species Spondylus percea Iredale, 1939 accepted as Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793
    95. Species Spondylus pernux Iredale, 1939 accepted as Spondylus foliaceus Schreibers, 1793
    96. Species Spondylus pesasininus Röding, 1798 accepted as Spondylus foliaceus Schreibers, 1793
    97. Species Spondylus petroselinum G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 accepted as Spondylus foliaceus Schreibers, 1793
    98. Species Spondylus pictorum Schreibers, 1793 accepted as Spondylus foliaceus Schreibers, 1793
    99. Species Spondylus pictorum Schreibers, 1793 sensu Lamprell, 1986 accepted as Spondylus darwini Jousseaume, 1882
    100. Species Spondylus pictorum Schreibers, 1793 sensu Reeve, 1856 (unaccepted, misapplication)
    101. Species Spondylus plicatus Linnaeus, 1764 (unaccepted, original combination)
    102. Species Spondylus plurispinosus Reeve, 1856 (unaccepted)
    103. Species Spondylus powelli E. A. Smith, 1892 (unaccepted)
    104. Species Spondylus princeps Broderip, 1833 (unaccepted)
    105. Species Spondylus princeps Schreibers, 1793 (unaccepted, declared nomen oblitum in Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 57, p. 7)
    106. Species Spondylus prionifer Iredale, 1931 (unaccepted)
    107. Species Spondylus proboscideus Schreibers, 1793 (unaccepted)
    108. Species Spondylus pseudochama Schreibers, 1793 (unaccepted)
    109. Species Spondylus punicus F. R. Bernard, Cai & B. Morton, 1993 (unaccepted)
    110. Species Spondylus radians Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
    111. Species Spondylus radula Reeve, 1856 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Spondylus radula Lamarck, 1806; S. smithi is a replacement name)
    112. Species Spondylus ramosus Schreibers, 1793 (unaccepted)
    113. Species Spondylus ramosus Reeve, 1856 (unaccepted)
    114. Species Spondylus reevei Fulton, 1915 (unaccepted)
    115. Species Spondylus roseus Jousseaume, 1927 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    116. Species Spondylus rostratus Chenu, 1844 (unaccepted)
    117. Species Spondylus sanguineus Dunker, 1852 (unaccepted)
    118. Species Spondylus satal de Roissy, 1804 (unaccepted)
    119. Species Spondylus savignyi Jousseaume, 1927 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    120. Species Spondylus serraticosta Prashad, 1932 (unaccepted)
    121. Species Spondylus serraticostus [sic] (unaccepted, misspelling)
    122. Species Spondylus serratissimus Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 (unaccepted)
    123. Species Spondylus setiger Reeve, 1856 (unaccepted)
    124. Species Spondylus sinensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 (unaccepted)
    125. Species Spondylus smithi Fulton, 1915 (unaccepted)
    126. Species Spondylus smytheae Lamprell, 1998 (unaccepted)
    127. Species Spondylus somalicus Parth & Philippe, 1992 (unaccepted)
    128. Species Spondylus sowerbyi Fulton, 1915 (unaccepted)
    129. Species Spondylus sparsispinosus Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 (unaccepted)
    130. Species Spondylus spathuliferus Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
    131. Species Spondylus spectrum Reeve, 1856 (unaccepted)
    132. Species Spondylus spinulosus Kuster, 1858 (unaccepted)
    133. Species Spondylus striatospinosus Chenu, 1844 (unaccepted)
    134. Species Spondylus swinneni Lamprell, J. Stanisic & Clarkson, 2001 (unaccepted)
    135. Species Spondylus tenebrosus Reeve, 1856 (unaccepted)
    136. Species Spondylus unicus Jousseaume, 1927 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    137. Species Spondylus ursipes S. S. Berry, 1959 (unaccepted)
    138. Species Spondylus ustulatus Reeve, 1856 (unaccepted)
    139. Species Spondylus varians [sic] (unaccepted, probably a misspelling)
    140. Species Spondylus vexillum Reeve, 1856 (unaccepted)
    141. Species Spondylus violaceus Reeve, 1856 (unaccepted)
    142. Species Spondylus wrightianus Crosse, 1872 (unaccepted)
    143. Species Spondylus antiquatus Linnaeus, 1771 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    144. Species Spondylus aurisiacus Schreibers, 1793 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    145. Species Spondylus cancellatus Schreibers, 1793 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    146. Species Spondylus citreus Gmelin, 1791 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    147. Species Spondylus coccineus Schreibers, 1793 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
    148. Species Spondylus cristatus Röding, 1798 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    149. Species Spondylus cruentatus Röding, 1798 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    150. Species Spondylus echinus Jousseaume, 1927 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, status in recent literature not researched by editor)
    151. Species Spondylus imbricatus Perry, 1811 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
    152. Species Spondylus labrum Röding, 1798 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    153. Species Spondylus macis Röding, 1798 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    154. Species Spondylus marmoratus Schreibers, 1793 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    155. Species Spondylus maximus Schreibers, 1793 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    156. Species Spondylus microlepos Lamarck, 1819 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
    157. Species Spondylus oblongus Schreibers, 1793 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    158. Species Spondylus pickeringae Lamprell, 1998 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    159. Species Spondylus plicatulus Schreibers, 1793 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    160. Species Spondylus punctatus Schreibers, 1793 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    161. Species Spondylus purpureus Schreibers, 1793 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    162. Species Spondylus rubellus Schreibers, 1793 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    163. Species Spondylus rufus Röding, 1798 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    164. Species Spondylus unicolor G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
    165. Species Spondylus virescens Schreibers, 1793 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
    recent + fossil
    masculine
    Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
    page(s): 645, 690 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
    MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138518 on 2025-07-14
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    Nomenclature

    original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
    page(s): 645, 690 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

    original description (of Spondylus (Rimaespondylus) Damarco, 2015) Damarco P. (2015). A new species of <i>Spondylus</i> from Indonesia. <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 87: 6-14. [details] 

    original description (of Spondylus (Eltopera) Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929.</em> 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635
    page(s): 377 [details] 

    original description (of Spondylus (Lanilda) Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929.</em> 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635
    page(s): 373. [details] 

    original description (of Spondylus (Sponvola) Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929.</em> 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635
    page(s): 379. [details] 

    original description (of Dianchora J. Sowerby, 1815 †) Sowerby, J. (1812-1815). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. I]. London, privately published, pp. i-vii, 9-234 + index [2 pp.], pl. 1-102., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/14408
    page(s): 183 [details] 

    original description (of Spondylus (Corallospondylus) Monterosato, 1917) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1917). Molluschi viventi e quaternari raccolti lungo le coste della Tripolitania dall'ing. Camillo Crema. <em>Bollettino della Società Zoologica Italiana.</em> ser. 3, 4: 1-28, pl. 1 [December 31st 1917]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58455884
    page(s): 2. [details] 

    original description (of Spondylus (Eleutherospondylos) Dunker, 1882) Dunker, W. (1882). <i>Index molluscorum maris japonici, conscriptus et tabulis iconum xvi illustratus</i>. Novitates Conchologicae. Abbildung und Beschreibung Neuer Conchylien Supplement VII. T. Fischer, Cassel. vii + 301 pp., 16 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10838270
    page(s): 245. [details] 

    original description (of Podopsis Lamarck, 1819 †) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
    page(s): 194 [details] 

    basis of record Lamprell, K. L. (1998). Recent <i>Spondylus</i> species from the Middle East and adjacent regions, with the description of two new species. <em>Vita Marina.</em> 45 (1-2): 41-60., available online at http://www.strandvondsten.nl/bibliotheek/vita_marina_magazine/Vita_Marina_41-47/vita_marina_45-01-02.pdf#page=43 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

    Taxonomy

    redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details] 

    Other

    context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details] 

    subsequent type designation Schmidt F.C. 1818, Versuch über die beste Einrichtung zur Aufstellung: Behandlung und Aufbewahrung der verschiedenen Naturkörper und gegenṣtände der Kunst, vorzüglich der Conchylien-Sammlungen, nebst kurzer Beurtheilung der conchyliologischen Systeme und Schriften und einer tabellarischen Zusammenstellung und Vergleichung der sechs besten und neuesten conchyliologischen Systeme. Gotha, J. Perth, 252 pp. , available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015061903053#view=1up;seq=15
    page(s): 61 [details] 

    		 
     Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
    Unreviewed
    Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

    Remark Type species: Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758 [details]
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    To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eltopera) (from synonym Eltopera Iredale, 1939)
    To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spondylus) 
    To Genbank (from synonym Eltopera Iredale, 1939)
    To Genbank 
    To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL 617474 617475 617476) 
    To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL 617474 617475 617476) 
    To ITIS
    From editor or global species database
    Unreviewed
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