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Taxonomy
Family:
SPONDYLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Spondylidae (Family)
> Spondylus (Genus)
> occidens (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Spondylus jamarci Okutani, 1983
=Spondylus mireilleae Lamprell & Healy, 2001
Images: Spondylus occidens G.B. Sowerby III, 1903
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Taxonomy
Family:
SPONDYLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Spondylidae (Family)
> Spondylus (Genus)
> occidens (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Spondylus jamarci Okutani, 1983
=Spondylus mireilleae Lamprell & Healy, 2001
Details: Spondylus occidens G.B. Sowerby III, 1903
Size/Grows to:
Height 60mm
Distribution:
Norfolk Island to West Norfolk Ridge, Kermadec Islands to Kermadec Ridge 111-220 metres. Also Saya de Malha Bank (Indian Ocean), Japan, Indonesia, Queensland, New Caledonia and Vanuatu
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
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.76)
  • Sowerby III, G.B. 1903 Descriptions of new species of Nassa, Purpura, Latirus, Voluta, Conus, Stomatella, and Spondylus, Journal of Malacology, 10(3) (p.77) Original Description

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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