Spondylus reesianus G. B. Sowerby III, 1903
SOWERBY III, G. B. 1903. New species of Nassa, Purpura, Latirus, Voluta, Conus, Stomatella and Spondylus. Journal of the Malacological Society of London, 10: 73-77, pl. 5. [p. 77, pl. 5, fig. 6]
1903 Spondylus reesianus G. B. Sowerby III, 1903
1932 Spondylus serraticosta Prashad, 1932
1932 Spondylus serraticosta Prashad, 1932
G. B. Sowerby III, 1903, plate 5.
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«Testa suborbicularis, depressiuscula, aurantiaca, ferrugineo-fusco prope umbonem variegata; undique multilirata, liris tenuissimis, densissime rregulariter aculeatim spinosis, liris principalibus 6, paulo magis elevatis, squamis erectis elongatis hic illic trifurcatim ramosis munitis; valva superiori planulata, inferiori convexiuscula.
Long. 55, lat. 53 millim. Hab.— Moluccas (specimen unique). This charming shell from the collection of the late Admiral van Rees, is most profusely imbricated with numerous rows of thin spines of unequal length, some of the principal ridges bearing long flattened threeforked scales.» GEORGE BRETTINGHAM SOWERBY III, 1903
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