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Spondylus
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Spondylidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Spondylus LINNÉ, 1758, p. 690
Type Species:
S. gaederopus, SD SCHMIDT, 1818, p. 61
Images
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Fig. C99,2. *S. (C.) gussonii Costa, Rec., LV view of both valves, * (Cox, n ), Fig. C99,3. *S. (E.) pacificus, Lord Hood I., 3 a, b, ext., LV facing observer, and end view, both × 1 (Cox, n)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Jur.-Rec., W.Pac.-IndoPac.-Medit.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Small, terebratuloid, with delicately spinose radial costellae
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Spondylidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Spondylus LINNÉ, 1758, p. 690
Type Species:
S. gaederopus, SD SCHMIDT, 1818, p. 61
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. C99,2. *S. (C.) gussonii Costa, Rec., LV view of both valves, * (Cox, n ), Fig. C99,3. *S. (E.) pacificus, Lord Hood I., 3 a, b, ext., LV facing observer, and end view, both × 1 (Cox, n)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Jur.-Rec., W.Pac.-IndoPac.-Medit.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Small, terebratuloid, with delicately spinose radial costellae