WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Spondylus erinaceus Reeve, 1856

AphiaID

533450 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:533450)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793

Rank

Species

Parent

Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Spondylus erinaceus Reeve, 1856

Environment

marine

Original description

Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus Spondylus. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 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. 11, species 39 [details]

Type data

Lectotype NHMUK 20230106/1

Lectotype NHMUK 20230106/1 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Spondylus erinaceus Reeve, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533450 on 2026-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-15 08:28:27Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-10-15 08:54:50Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2013-06-28 14:27:19Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2013-07-04 15:42:03Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2020-04-10 17:06:40Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus Spondylus. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 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. 11, species 39 [details]

basis of record Malacolog - Western atlantic gastropod database., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 628 [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. Systematics and Biodiversity. 24(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2025.2561743
page(s): 28, fig. 45B-C [details] Available for editors