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Spondylus aegyptiacus R. B. Newton, 1898 †
1641327 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1641327)
accepted
Species
Spondylus arabicus Abbass, 1973 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Spondylus cleopatrae Abbass, 1973 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Spondylus hammadi Abbass, 1973 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Newton, R. B. (1898). Notes on some Lower Tertiary Shells from Egypt. <em>Geological Magazine, new series. Decade IV.</em> 5(12): 531-541, pls. 19, 20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30746106
page(s): 536-537, pl. 20, figs 4-6 [details]
page(s): 536-537, pl. 20, figs 4-6 [details]
Type locality contained in Egypt
type locality contained in Egypt [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spondylus aegyptiacus R. B. Newton, 1898 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1641327 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Newton, R. B. (1898). Notes on some Lower Tertiary Shells from Egypt. <em>Geological Magazine, new series. Decade IV.</em> 5(12): 531-541, pls. 19, 20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30746106
page(s): 536-537, pl. 20, figs 4-6 [details]
original description (of Spondylus arabicus Abbass, 1973 †) Abbass, H. L. (1973). A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene pelecypods. <em>Egyptian Journal of Geology.</em> 16(1): 69-200, pls. 1-22.
page(s): 114, pl. 7, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Spondylus cleopatrae Abbass, 1973 †) Abbass, H. L. (1973). A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene pelecypods. <em>Egyptian Journal of Geology.</em> 16(1): 69-200, pls. 1-22.
page(s): 114, pl. 7, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Spondylus hammadi Abbass, 1973 †) Abbass, H. L. (1973). A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene pelecypods. <em>Egyptian Journal of Geology.</em> 16(1): 69-200, pls. 1-22.
page(s): 116, pl. 7, fig. 7 [details]
additional source Strougo, A. (1977). Le "Biarritzien" et le Priabonien en Egypte et leurs faunes de Bivalves. Travaux du Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Université de Paris, Faculté des Sciences d'Orsay, Orsay, v + 247 pp., 11 pls.
page(s): 161, pl. 3, figs 7-9 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Cox, L. R. (1931). Contribution to the molluscan fauna of the Laki and basal Khirthar groups of the Indian Eocene. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 57(2): 25-92, 4 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0080456800016628
page(s): 68; note: considered a synonym of Spondylus radula Lamarck, 1806 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 536-537, pl. 20, figs 4-6 [details]
original description (of Spondylus arabicus Abbass, 1973 †) Abbass, H. L. (1973). A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene pelecypods. <em>Egyptian Journal of Geology.</em> 16(1): 69-200, pls. 1-22.
page(s): 114, pl. 7, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Spondylus cleopatrae Abbass, 1973 †) Abbass, H. L. (1973). A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene pelecypods. <em>Egyptian Journal of Geology.</em> 16(1): 69-200, pls. 1-22.
page(s): 114, pl. 7, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Spondylus hammadi Abbass, 1973 †) Abbass, H. L. (1973). A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene pelecypods. <em>Egyptian Journal of Geology.</em> 16(1): 69-200, pls. 1-22.
page(s): 116, pl. 7, fig. 7 [details]
additional source Strougo, A. (1977). Le "Biarritzien" et le Priabonien en Egypte et leurs faunes de Bivalves. Travaux du Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Université de Paris, Faculté des Sciences d'Orsay, Orsay, v + 247 pp., 11 pls.
page(s): 161, pl. 3, figs 7-9 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Cox, L. R. (1931). Contribution to the molluscan fauna of the Laki and basal Khirthar groups of the Indian Eocene. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 57(2): 25-92, 4 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0080456800016628
page(s): 68; note: considered a synonym of Spondylus radula Lamarck, 1806 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
