WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1827). Catalogue of the whole of that splendid collection of rare shells, madrepores, carved paddles and other curiosities formed by Mr. Samuel Stutchbury, … and brought home by the Pacific Pearl Company's Ship, the Sir George Osborne. Which will be sold by auction by Mr. Sowerby … on Thursday, July 26th, 1827. London. 10 pp.; Appendix. Observations on a few of the most remarkable shells collected by Mr. Samuel Stutchbury on the coast of some of the islands of the Australasian and Polynesian groups, together with descriptions of a few new species. London. 4 pp., 1 pl. [July]. page(s): App. 1 [details]
original description
(of Spondylus delessertii Chenu, 1844) Chenu, J. C. (1842-1854). Illustrations conchyliologiques, ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues, vivantes et fossiles. <em>Paris.</em> Paris. 85 parts in 4 volumes. page(s): pl. 12 [details] 
basis of record
Lamprell, K. L. (1987). Spiny oysters of the world - Spondylus. [details]
Otheradditional source
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]
Unreviewed
Description Distribution: Australia (Lamprell, 1987) [details]
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