Spondylus candidus Lamarck, 1819

Oliver, P. Graham, Holmes, Anna, Killeen, Ian, Light, Janice & Wood, Harriet, 2004, Annotated checklist of the marine Bivalvia of Rodrigues, Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3229-3272 : 3242-3243

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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930410001695097

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scientific name

Spondylus candidus Lamarck, 1819
status

 

Spondylus candidus Lamarck, 1819 View in CoL

Habitat (inferred). Attached to dead corals.

Distribution. Precise locality uncertain.

Remarks. Although represented by a single, small, valve, the intense coral pink and black marked shell is distinctive.

Range. Indo-Pacific.

Figured specimen. 11.33 mm, NMW.Z.2000.086.00039.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Pectinida

Family

Spondylidae

Genus

Spondylus

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