WoRMS name details
Spondylus cumingii G. B. Sowerby II, 1847
543669 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:543669)
unaccepted
Species
marine
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1847). Descriptions of several new species of <i>Spondylus</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15(175): 86-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862870
page(s): 86 [details]
page(s): 86 [details]
Lectotype NHMUK 1950.8.28.2
Lectotype NHMUK 1950.8.28.2 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Spondylus cumingii G. B. Sowerby II, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=543669 on 2026-05-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1847). Descriptions of several new species of <i>Spondylus</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15(175): 86-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862870
page(s): 86 [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): 86 [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
Lamprell, K. L.; Dekker, H. (2001). Rectification of nomenclature and notes on species of <i>Spondylus</i> Linnaeus (Bivalvia: Pectinoidea: Spondylidae) from the Indo-Pacific. <em>Vita Marina.</em> 47 (4): 131-137.
page(s): 133, pl. 2 fig. 4 (type S. cumingii figured). [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 133, pl. 2 fig. 4 (type S. cumingii figured). [details] Available for editors
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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): 26, fig. 37B [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 26, fig. 37B [details] Available for editors
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Lectotype NHMUK 1950.8.28.2 [details]
