Spondylus gloriandus Melvill & Standen, 1907
MELVILL, J. C. & R. STANDEN. 1907. The Mollusca of the Persian gulf, gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893 -1906, with descriptions of new species, Part 2. Pelecypoda. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 54: 783-848, pls. 53-56. [p. 811, pl. 53, fig. 1]
1907 Spondylus gloriandus Melvill & Standen, 1907
1927 Spondylus roseus Jousseaume in Lamy, 1927
1927 Spondylus roseus Jousseaume in Lamy, 1927
J. C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1907,
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«S. testa oblique ovata, haud multum crassa, aurantia vel albo-carnea, apud umbones puniceo-suffusa; umbonibus acutis prominulis; costis tenuissimis, numero circa 50, irregularibus, squamis parvis vel spinulis tenuibus, longis, simpliciter praeditis; auriculis parvis.
Alt. 3½ lat. 3¾, diam. 2½ unc. (sp. maj.). „ 2½ „ 2½ „ 1¾ „ (sp. min.). Hab. Persian Gulf, off Dabai (1903): on telegraph-cable that had been left undisturbed for several years. Near Mussandam, at 50 to 55 fathoms.
A particularly delicate and beautiful species, variously, though not very highly, coloured, with orange, pale carneous, or white, with dark pink suffusion at the umbones. The outer spines are long, thin, simple, and tapering; the many fine longitudinal ribs, about fifty altogether, are ornamented with more abbreviated spines or squamae; these spines are most pronounced and conspicuous around the ventral margin or the posterior edge of the left valve; the auricles are small. One distinctive character is its oblique form, showing greater expansion posteriorly, the general shape being oval. S. exilis Sowb., also endemic in these seas, has its spines thicker and far more foliaceous, the ribs fewer and coarser, than is the case with S. gloriandus.» JAMES COSMO MELVILL & ROBERT STANDEN, 1907
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