MolluscaBase taxon details
Spondylus tenellus Reeve, 1856
506968 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506968)
accepted
Species
Spondylus prionifer Iredale, 1931 · unaccepted
Spondylus tenellus regillus Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Spondylus tenellus regillus Iredale, 1929 accepted as Spondylus tenellus Reeve, 1856
marine
Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus <i>Spondylus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 9, pl. 1-18 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-4, January 1856; pl. 5-8, February 1856; pl. 9-14, May 1856; pl. 15-18, June 1856]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9141459 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spondylus tenellus Reeve, 1856. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506968 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus <i>Spondylus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 9, pl. 1-18 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-4, January 1856; pl. 5-8, February 1856; pl. 9-14, May 1856; pl. 15-18, June 1856]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9141459 [details]
original description (of Spondylus prionifer Iredale, 1931) Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. No I. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 201-235, pls. 22-25. [21 June 1931]., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20220630140205/https://media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17196/725_complete.pdf
page(s): 205 [details]
original description (of Spondylus tenellus regillus Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(4): 157-189 [4 September 1929]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Iredale-1929-Rec-Aust-Mus-174-157189
page(s): 165 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Spondylus prionifer Iredale, 1931) Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. No I. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 201-235, pls. 22-25. [21 June 1931]., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20220630140205/https://media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17196/725_complete.pdf
page(s): 205 [details]
original description (of Spondylus tenellus regillus Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(4): 157-189 [4 September 1929]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Iredale-1929-Rec-Aust-Mus-174-157189
page(s): 165 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]




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To Malacopics (Spondylus tenellus Reeve, 1856 Australia, Queensland, Moreton Island, Cape Moreton, by fishing, collected 1975-00-00, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt .)
To Malacopics (Spondylus tenellus Reeve, 1856 Australia, Victoria, ex coll. Natuurmuseum Enschede)