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Spondylidae Gray, 1826 
AphiaID: 23121

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pectinoida (Order) > Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Pectinoidea
Sources  additional source: Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. [details]

redescription: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

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 Genus Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758

Genus Carallospondylus Monterosato, 1917 accepted as Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Eleutherospondylos Dunker, 1882 accepted as Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Eltopera Iredale, 1939 accepted as Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Lanilda Iredale, 1939 accepted as Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Sponvola Iredale, 1939 accepted as Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758
Environment marine
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23121
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2006-01-04 12:34:08Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2012-01-04 17:55:52Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Spondylidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23121 on 2013-05-24
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