Spondylus multisetosus Reeve, 1856
REEVE, L. A. 1856. Monograph of the genus Spondylus. In L. A. Reeve (Ed.), 1843-1878, Conchologia Iconica; or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 9. [unnumbered pages], pls. 1-18. London. [pl. 3, fig. 11]
1856 Spondylus multisetosus Reeve, 1856
1856 Spondylus camurus Reeve, 1856
1856 Spondylus fragum Reeve, 1856
1856 Spondylus affinis Reeve, 1856
1856 Spondylus camurus Reeve, 1856
1856 Spondylus fragum Reeve, 1856
1856 Spondylus affinis Reeve, 1856
L. A. Reeve, 1856, plate 3.
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«SPONDYLUS MULTISETOSUS. Spond, testâ ovatâ, tenuisculâ, irregulari, radiatim densè striatâ et liratâ, liris spinis tenuibus brevibus armatis, et copiosè minutè muricatis; purpurascente-carneâ, croceo undique plus minus obscurè maculatâ, circa umbonem sanguineo nebulatâ, valdè muricatâ.
THE MANY-BRISTLED SPONDYLUS. Shell ovate, rather thin, irregular, radiately densely striated and ridged, ridges armed with short thin spines and copiously minutely prickled; purple-flesh, more or less obscurely spotted throughout with yellow, clouded with blood-smears, and very prickly about the umbo.
Hab. Philippine Islands; Cuming. It is a striking characteristic of this species to be everywhere crowded with small prickles, in addition to the prickly spines.»
LOVELL AUGUSTUS REEVE, 1856
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