Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Pectinida > Superfamily Pectinoidea > Family Spondylidae > Subfamily Spondylinae > Genus Spondylus

Spondylus spinosus Schreibers, 1793

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spondylus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: シロトゲウミギク

Literature

original description	Schreibers, K. (1793). Versuch einer vollständigen Conchylienkenntniß nach Linnes System. Wien. (Kurzbeck). Erster Band. Von den Schnecken. [1-12], 1-446, [447]. Zweyter Band. Von den Muscheln. pp. [1-9], 1-416.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Lamprell, K. L. (1998). Recent Spondylus species from the Middle East and adjacent regions, with the description of two new species. Vita Marina. 45 (1-2): 41-60.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spondylus spinosus Schreibers, 1793. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141552