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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSpondylus varius G. B. Sowerby I, 1827 
AphiaID: 207853

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMollusca (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBivalvia (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPteriomorphia (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPectinoida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPectinoidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSpondylidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSpondylus (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSpondylus varius (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSpondylus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSpondylus delessertii Chenu, 1844
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSpondylus striatospinosus Chenu, 1844
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSpondylus varians (probably a misspelling)
Sources  basis of record Lamprell, K.L. (1987). Spiny oysters of the world - Spondylus. E.J. Brill/Dr W. Backhuys, Leiden. [details]

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Environment marine
Distribution 
From other sources
Indian Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorChagos [details]
Republic of Mauritius
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMauritius [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Host of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGelastomolgus spondyli Humes, 1968 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (1 barcode) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
Note 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription Distribution: Australia (Lamprell, 1987) [details]
Images Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editor[show unreviewed]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207853
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2001-12-09 13:54:23Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-09-23 10:34:21Z  changed  Huber, Markus
  
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  Citation: Huber, M. (2014). Spondylus varius G. B. Sowerby I, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207853 on 2015-02-28
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