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Taxonomy
Family:
SPONDYLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Spondylidae (Family)
> Spondylus (Genus)
> ostreoides (Species)
Images: Spondylus ostreoides E.A. Smith, 1885
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Taxonomy
Family:
SPONDYLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Spondylidae (Family)
> Spondylus (Genus)
> ostreoides (Species)
Details: Spondylus ostreoides E.A. Smith, 1885
Size/Grows to:
Height 13.8mm
Distribution:
Off Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, 950 metres
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Dijkstra, H., Marshall, B.A. 2008 The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae), Molluscan Research, 28 (p.77)
  • Oliver, W.R.B. 1915 The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47 (p.553)
  • Smith, E.A. 1885 Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by HMS Challenger during the years 1873-76, Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology, 13 (p.326) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil