Spondylus tenebrosus Reeve, 1856

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus Spondylus. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 9, pl. 1-18 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-4, January 1856; pl. 5-8, February 1856; pl. 9-14, May 1856; pl. 15-18, June 1856]. In: Reeve, L. A. (Ed.), 1843–1878, Conchologia Iconica; or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 9. [unnumbered pages], pls. 1–18. London. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=8896

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Bivalvia

order

Pectinida

family

Spondylidae

genus

Spondylus

species

Spondylus violacescens

Name

Homonyms

Spondylus tenebrosus Reeve, 1856

Spondylus tenebrosus Kay, 1981

Bibliographic References

1. Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
2. Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus <i>Spondylus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 9, pl. 1-18 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-4, January 1856; pl. 5-8, February 1856; pl. 9-14, May 1856; pl. 15-18, June 1856].