African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781

AfReMaS taxon details

Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781

AphiaID

420772 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420772)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781

Synonymised names

Spondylus echinatus A. d'Orbigny, 1853 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Spondylus longitudinalis Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

Hermann J. (1781). Erster Brief über einige Conchylien an den Herausgeber. Der Naturforscher. 16: 50-56, pl. 2. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420772 on 2026-05-23

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420772 on 2026-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-10-06 12:38:14Z

created

db_admin

2010-09-23 11:55:17Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2010-10-01 21:22:21Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

[taxonomic tree]

[clear cache]

original description Hermann J. (1781). Erster Brief über einige Conchylien an den Herausgeber. Der Naturforscher. 16: 50-56, pl. 2. [details]

original description (of Spondylus longitudinalis Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]

original description (of Spondylus echinatus A. d'Orbigny, 1853) Orbigny, A. d'. (1841-1853). Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.). Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. Vol 1: 1-264, pls 1-21 [pp. 1-16, pl. 1 [1840]; 17-208, pls 2-11, 4bis [1841]; 209-264, pls 12-21 [1842]; Vol. 2: 1-380, pls 22-28 [pp. 1-112, pl. 22 [1842]; 113-128, pl. 23 [1845]; 129-224, pl. 24 [1851]; 225-380, pls 25-28 [1853] [pp. 145-176 missing]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138987
page(s): 359 [details]

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]

basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors

additional source 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) [details]

additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 142 [details]

additional source Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series. 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 257 [details]