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Taxonomy
Family:
SPONDYLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Spondylidae (Family)
> Spondylus (Genus)
> raoulensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Spondylus iredalei Fulton, 1915
Images: Spondylus raoulensis W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
Collected in 10 metres, Boat Cove, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ (MA121891). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected in 10 metres, Boat Cove, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ (MA121891). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
SPONDYLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Spondylidae (Family)
> Spondylus (Genus)
> raoulensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Spondylus iredalei Fulton, 1915
Details: Spondylus raoulensis W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
Size/Grows to:
Height 130mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands. , from 0-195m
Type Data:
  • Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (holotype, type of Spondylus iredalei Fulton, 1915)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.212)
  • Oliver, W.R.B. 1915 The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47 (p.553) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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