The recent Spondylidae of South Africa and Mozambique, with the description of a new species (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinoidea)
In: Molluscan Research. Malacological Society of Australasia: Sydney. ISSN 1323-5818; e-ISSN 1448-6067, more
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Classification > Taxonomy
Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Spondylidae Gray, 1826 [WoRMS]
ISW, Mozambique [Marine Regions]; PSW, South Africa [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
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Mollusca, Bivalvia, Spondylidae, Spondylus, new species, South Africa, Mozambique |
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- Lamprell, K.L.
- Kilburn, R.N.
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| Abstract |
Ten species of the genus Spondylus are recorded from South Africa and Mozambique (6 from South Africa, 9 from Mozambique). Of these, only Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers , 1793, has been reported previously. Spondylus groschi from Mozambique and Natal is described as new. The remainder are widely distributed Indo-Pacific taxa: Spondylus cuneus Reeve, 1856, Spondylus sinensis Schreibers, 1793, Spondylus Occidens Sowerby, 1903, Spondylus sanguineus Dunker, 1852, Spondylus castus Reeve, 1856, Spondylus butleri Reeve, 1856, Spondylus flabellum Reeve, 1856, and Spondylus tenuispinosus Sowerby, 1847. |
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