Marine Species Traits - Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793

WRiMS taxon details

Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793

To Conchology (Spondylus nicobaricus cf.)

AphiaID

207867 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207867)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793

Environment

marine

Original description

Schreibers, K. (1793). Versuch einer vollständigen Conchylienkenntniß nach Linnes System. Wien. (Kurzbeck). Erster Band. Von den Schnecken. [1-12], 1-446, [447]. Zweyter Band. Von den Muscheln. pp. [1-9], 1-416. , available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/toc/?PPN=PPN599393750 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207867 on 2025-05-23

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced%20/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207867 on 2025-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-24 09:48:27Z

created

Onyango, Eunice

2002-07-24 17:19:06Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-09-23 11:55:17Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2012-07-05 23:43:01Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

[taxonomic tree]

original description Schreibers, K. (1793). Versuch einer vollständigen Conchylienkenntniß nach Linnes System. Wien. (Kurzbeck). Erster Band. Von den Schnecken. [1-12], 1-446, [447]. Zweyter Band. Von den Muscheln. pp. [1-9], 1-416. , available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/toc/?PPN=PPN599393750 [details]

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors

context source (HKRMS) Tsi, C. Y. & Ma, S. T. (1982). A preliminary checklist of the marine gastropoda and Bivalvia (Mollusca) of Hong Kong and southern China. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 1, pp431-458. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]

basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Lamprell, K. L. (1998). Recent Spondylus species from the Middle East and adjacent regions, with the description of two new species. Vita Marina. 45 (1-2): 41-60., available online at http://www.strandvondsten.nl/bibliotheek/vita_marina_magazine/Vita_Marina_41-47/vita_marina_45-01-02.pdf#page=43 [details] Available for editors

additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 214. [details]

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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]

additional source Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Aquatic Invasions. 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [details]

additional source Lamprell, K. L.; Kilburn, R. N. (1995). The recent Spondylidae of South Africa and Mozambique, with the description of a new species (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinoida). Molluscan Research, 16: 81-95, figs. 1-4.
page(s): 92. [details]

subsequent type designation Lamprell, K. L.; Dekker, H. (2001). Rectification of nomenclature and notes on species of Spondylus Linnaeus (Bivalvia: Pectinoidea: Spondylidae) from the Indo-Pacific. Vita Marina. 47 (4): 131-137.
page(s): 132, pl. 1 figs 5-8 (lectotype S. nicobaricus designation). [details] Available for editors