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Taxonomy
Family:
SPONDYLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Spondylidae (Family)
> Spondylus (Genus)
> proneri (Species)
Images: Spondylus proneri Lamprell & Healy, 2001
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Taxonomy
Family:
SPONDYLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Spondylidae (Family)
> Spondylus (Genus)
> proneri (Species)
Details: Spondylus proneri Lamprell & Healy, 2001
Size/Grows to:
Height 27mm
Distribution:
Middleton Reef, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and Macauley Island, Kermadec Islands. Also Coral Sea, New Caledonia, Loyalty Ridge and Vanuatu. 210-960 metres
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.77)

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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