WoRMS taxon details
Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781
420772 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420772)
accepted
Species
Spondylus albus Schreibers, 1793 · unaccepted
Spondylus arachnoides Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted
Spondylus aurispinae Damarco & Bologna, 2009 · unaccepted
Spondylus avicularis Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted
Spondylus cuneus Reeve, 1856 · unaccepted
Spondylus dominicensis Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Spondylus echinatus A. d'Orbigny, 1853 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Spondylus foliabrassicae A. d'Orbigny, 1853 · unaccepted
Spondylus longispina Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted
Spondylus longitudinalis Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted
marine
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420772 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spondylus longitudinalis Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. 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 aurispinae Damarco & Bologna, 2009) Damarco & Bologna (2009). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 62 (1) : 13-20 [details]
original description (of Spondylus albus Schreibers, 1793) 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
page(s): 155; note: based on Chemnitz (1784), vol. 7, pl. 45 fig. 465 and Knorr (1771), vol. 5, pl. 9 fig. 1 and vol. 6, pl. 9 fig. 1 (both non-binomial) [details]
original description (of Spondylus arachnoides Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. 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 avicularis Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. 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 cuneus Reeve, 1856) Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus <i>Spondylus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, 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 [details]
original description (of Spondylus dominicensis Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 193 [details]
original description (of Spondylus echinatus A. d'Orbigny, 1853) Orbigny, A. d'. (1841-1853). Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.). <i>Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba</i>. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. Vol 1: 1-264 [pp. 1-208, pls 1-8, 4bis [1841]; 209-264 [1842]; Vol. 2: 1-380 [pp. 1-112, pls 9-19 [1842]; 113-380, pls 20-28 [1853]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138987
page(s): 359 [details]
original description (of Spondylus foliabrassicae A. d'Orbigny, 1853) Orbigny, A. d'. (1841-1853). Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.). <i>Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba</i>. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. Vol 1: 1-264 [pp. 1-208, pls 1-8, 4bis [1841]; 209-264 [1842]; Vol. 2: 1-380 [pp. 1-112, pls 9-19 [1842]; 113-380, pls 20-28 [1853]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138987
page(s): 358 [details]
original description (of Spondylus longispina Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [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
[request]
original description (of Spondylus aurispinae Damarco & Bologna, 2009) Damarco & Bologna (2009). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 62 (1) : 13-20 [details]
original description (of Spondylus albus Schreibers, 1793) 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
page(s): 155; note: based on Chemnitz (1784), vol. 7, pl. 45 fig. 465 and Knorr (1771), vol. 5, pl. 9 fig. 1 and vol. 6, pl. 9 fig. 1 (both non-binomial) [details]
original description (of Spondylus arachnoides Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. 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 avicularis Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. 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 cuneus Reeve, 1856) Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus <i>Spondylus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, 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 [details]
original description (of Spondylus dominicensis Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 193 [details]
original description (of Spondylus echinatus A. d'Orbigny, 1853) Orbigny, A. d'. (1841-1853). Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.). <i>Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba</i>. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. Vol 1: 1-264 [pp. 1-208, pls 1-8, 4bis [1841]; 209-264 [1842]; Vol. 2: 1-380 [pp. 1-112, pls 9-19 [1842]; 113-380, pls 20-28 [1853]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138987
page(s): 359 [details]
original description (of Spondylus foliabrassicae A. d'Orbigny, 1853) Orbigny, A. d'. (1841-1853). Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.). <i>Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba</i>. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. Vol 1: 1-264 [pp. 1-208, pls 1-8, 4bis [1841]; 209-264 [1842]; Vol. 2: 1-380 [pp. 1-112, pls 9-19 [1842]; 113-380, pls 20-28 [1853]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138987
page(s): 358 [details]
original description (of Spondylus longispina Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [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
[request]Other
context source (Bermuda)
Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
additional 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]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 142 [details]
additional source Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 257 [details]
additional 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]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 142 [details]
additional source Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 257 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Atlantic thorny oysterAmerican thorny oyster | [details] |
| German | Atlantische StachelausterAtlantik-StachelausterAmerikanische Stachelauster | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Spondylus longispina Lamarck, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Spondylus longitudinalis Lamarck, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spondylus americanus)
To Malacopics (Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781 Martinique, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781 United States, Florida, Florida Keys, Key West, ...
To Malacopics (Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781 Venezuela, Nueva Esparta, Isla Margarita, offsho...
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Spondylus longitudinalis Lamarck, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spondylus americanus)
To Malacopics (Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781 Martinique, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781 United States, Florida, Florida Keys, Key West, ...
To Malacopics (Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781 Venezuela, Nueva Esparta, Isla Margarita, offsho...
To ITIS
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