WoRMS name details
Spondylus electrum Reeve, 1856
533449 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:533449)
unaccepted
Species
marine
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]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9141459
page(s): pl. 15, species 54 [details]
page(s): pl. 15, species 54 [details]
Lectotype NHMUK 19980089/1
Lectotype NHMUK 19980089/1 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Spondylus electrum Reeve, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533449 on 2026-04-23
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Nomenclature
original description
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]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9141459
page(s): pl. 15, species 54 [details]
basis of record Malacolog - Western atlantic gastropod database., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
page(s): pl. 15, species 54 [details]
basis of record Malacolog - Western atlantic gastropod database., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
Other
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): 27, fig. 44A-C [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 27, fig. 44A-C [details] Available for editors
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