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Spondylus bifrons G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 †
1439530 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439530)
unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Spondylus bifrons Münster, 1835; Spondylus bostrychites is a replacement name)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sowerby, G. B., I. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fossil shells found by J. S. Heniker. In: Moore, J. C., On some Tertiary beds in the Island of San Domingo; from notes by J. S. Heniker, Esq., with remarks on the fossils. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 6(1): 44-53, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36933857
page(s): 53 [details]
page(s): 53 [details]
Type locality contained in Dominican Republic
type locality contained in Dominican Republic (origin: native) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spondylus bifrons G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439530 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Sowerby, G. B., I. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fossil shells found by J. S. Heniker. In: Moore, J. C., On some Tertiary beds in the Island of San Domingo; from notes by J. S. Heniker, Esq., with remarks on the fossils. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 6(1): 44-53, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36933857
page(s): 53 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
page(s): 53 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
