WoRMS taxon details
Spondylus linguafelis G. B. Sowerby II, 1847
506950 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506950)
accepted
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): 87; note: spelled lingua-felis [details]
page(s): 87; note: spelled lingua-felis [details]
Neotype NHMUK 19980101/1
Neotype NHMUK 19980101/1 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Spondylus linguafelis G. B. Sowerby II, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506950 on 2026-04-23
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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): 87; note: spelled lingua-felis [details]
original description (of Spondylus swinneni Lamprell, J. Stanisic & Clarkson, 2001) Lamprell, K.; Stanisic, J.; Clarkson, P. (2001). Spondylids from the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean with the description of a new species (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Spondylidae). <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 46(2): 611-622. [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): 87; note: spelled lingua-felis [details]
original description (of Spondylus swinneni Lamprell, J. Stanisic & Clarkson, 2001) Lamprell, K.; Stanisic, J.; Clarkson, P. (2001). Spondylids from the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean with the description of a new species (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Spondylidae). <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 46(2): 611-622. [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]
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): 39, fig. 13A-B [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 39, fig. 13A-B [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype NHMUK 19980101/1 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | cat's-tongue oyster | [details] |
| German | Katzenzungen-Auster | [details] |
| Japanese | ネコジタウミギク | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Spondylus swinneni Lamprell, J. Stanisic & Clarkson, 2001)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Spondylus swinneni GIANT) (from synonym Spondylus swinneni Lamprell, J. Stanisic & Clarkson, 2001)
To Conchology (Spondylus swinneni YOUNG) (from synonym Spondylus swinneni Lamprell, J. Stanisic & Clarkson, 2001)
To Conchology (Spondylus swinneni) (from synonym Spondylus swinneni Lamprell, J. Stanisic & Clarkson, 2001)
To Malacopics (Spondylus linguafelis G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Honiara, ...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Spondylus swinneni GIANT) (from synonym Spondylus swinneni Lamprell, J. Stanisic & Clarkson, 2001)
To Conchology (Spondylus swinneni YOUNG) (from synonym Spondylus swinneni Lamprell, J. Stanisic & Clarkson, 2001)
To Conchology (Spondylus swinneni) (from synonym Spondylus swinneni Lamprell, J. Stanisic & Clarkson, 2001)
To Malacopics (Spondylus linguafelis G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Honiara, ...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
