WoRMS name details
Spondylus calcifer P. P. Carpenter, 1857
543661 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:543661)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Carpenter, P. P. (1857). <i>Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen</i>. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252
page(s): 152-155 [details]
page(s): 152-155 [details]
Lectotype USNM 715914
Lectotype USNM 715914 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Spondylus calcifer P. P. Carpenter, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=543661 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Carpenter, P. P. (1857). <i>Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen</i>. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252
page(s): 152-155 [details]
basis of record 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 152-155 [details]
basis of record 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2008). Three nomenclatural notes on Panamic bivalves. <em>The Festivus.</em> 40(4): 49-54. [details]
Other
additional source
Moore, E. J. (1987). Tertiary marine pelecypods of California and Baja California: Plicatulidae to Ostreidae. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 1228-C: 1-53, pls 1-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1228c
page(s): 8, pl. 4, figs 1, 2, 4, 5 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source White, T. S.; Collins, K. S.; Malcolm, G. (2026). An illustrated catalogue of the type Spondylidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinida) in the Natural History Museum, London. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 24(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2025.2561743
page(s): 24, fig. 12A-C [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 8, pl. 4, figs 1, 2, 4, 5 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source White, T. S.; Collins, K. S.; Malcolm, G. (2026). An illustrated catalogue of the type Spondylidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinida) in the Natural History Museum, London. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 24(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2025.2561743
page(s): 24, fig. 12A-C [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype USNM 715914 [details]
Paralectotype NHMUK 1857.6.4.692 [details]
Paralectotype NHMUK 1857.6.4.693 [details]
Paralectotype NHMUK 1857.6.4.694 [details]
Paralectotype NHMUK 1857.6.4.695 [details]
Paralectotype NHMUK 1857.6.4.696 [details]
Paralectotype NHMUK 1857.6.4.697 [details]
Paralectotype NHMUK 1857.6.4.698 [details]
Paralectotype NHMUK 1857.6.4.699 [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
To Conchology (Spondylus calcifer)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spondylus calcifer)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Spondylus calcifer Syntype USNM 715914)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Conchology (Spondylus calcifer)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spondylus calcifer)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Spondylus calcifer Syntype USNM 715914)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
