Spondylus sinensis Schreibers, 1793
SCHREIBERS, K. 1793. Versuch einer vollständigen Conchylienkenntniß nach Linnes System. Zweyter Band. Von den Muscheln. 416 p. Wien. [p. 154]
1793 Spondylus sinensis Schreibers, 1793
1793 Spondylus princeps Schreibers, 1793
1798 Spondylus ducalis Röding, 1798
1819 Spondylus ducalis Lamarck, 1819
1845 Spondylus muricatus Chenu, 1845
1847 Spondylus fragilis G. B. Sowerby II, 1847
1793 Spondylus princeps Schreibers, 1793
1798 Spondylus ducalis Röding, 1798
1819 Spondylus ducalis Lamarck, 1819
1845 Spondylus muricatus Chenu, 1845
1847 Spondylus fragilis G. B. Sowerby II, 1847
F. H. Martini & J. H. Chemnitz, 1769-1795, Neues systematisches Conchylien Cabinet, Band 7, plate 44.
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«Ab. d. Spondylus sinensis Die chinesische Lazarusklappe.
Martini Conchyl. Th. 7. tab. 44. Fig. 461.
Ist dickschalig und auswendig röthlich oder violetblau, inwendig aber weiß mit einem gekerbten Rande und einer röthlichen oder blauen Einfassung. Die Unterschale ist sehr vertieft, und an beyden Seiten des Wirbels sieht man Ohren. Vom Wirbel herablaufs fen weiße, starke Rippen, die mit großen, weißen, fast rinnenartigen Zacken beseßt sind. Der Schnabel ist bald lang, bald kurz, und hat bald eine, bald keine Rinne.» KARL SCHREIBERS, 1793
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«TYPE MATERIAL. — S. princeps: lectotype, designated by LAMPRELL & WILLAN (2000), ZMC, ex colI. Spengler.
TYPE LOCALITY. — S. sinensis: China Seas. — S. princeps and S. ducalis: "East Indies". S. fragilis: unknown.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — The type material.
New Caledonia. "Nouvelle-Caledonie", ex coll. Pénel, 1 lv, 1 rv. — Ex coll. Lambert 1876, 3 pv. — Ex coll. Cailliot 1891, 1 pv. — Ex coll. Jousseaume 1917, 1 pv. — Leg. Risbec 1930 (LAMY 1938: 210 as S. lamarcki), 1 pv. - ColI. unknown, 2 pv. — Récif Ricaudy, leg. Catala 1953, 1 rv, 2 pv. — Ilot Canard, leg. Catala 1953,1 pv. — Presqu'ile Nou. Anse Kuendu, 22°14' S, 166°22' E, 1 pv (Figs 11 A-B. — Noumea, platier du Ouen Toro, 22°17' S, 166° 27' E, J. Vidal coll., 1 pv. — Presqu'ile Nou. 22°16' S. 166°23' E, J. Vidal coll., 2 pv. EXPÉDITION MONTROUZIER: sta. 1286, Secteur de Koumac, Plateau Karembé 20°38'-20°39' S, 164°16'-164°17' E, intertidal, 2 pv — Sta. 1287, Récif de l'Infernet, 20°37' S, 164°14' E, intertidal, 2 pv. — Sta. 1291, Pointe de Babouillat, 20°22.4' S, 164°06.8' E, intertidal, 2 rv, 7 pv. DISTRIBUTION. — Indo-West Pacific: Japan, the Philippines, New Caledonia, Queensland to northern Western Australia. Attached to corals, shell debris or rock in littoral areas.
DESCRIPTION. — Shell height to 70 mm; ovate, irregularly shaped; auricles wide. Sculpture of 9-10 broad, appressed ribs which are ornamented with a few strong, short, spatulate spines, often arched; interstices broad, imbricated with minor sharp spinpines. Colour black-grey, radial ribs white, umbonal area white with a few black or red spots, auricles with conspicuous brown-purple colour lines; internally white with a black and white variegated, crenulated margin.
REMARKS. — Spondylus sinensis is a widely distributed and commonly collected species. It is easily recognised by the radial black and white markings in the interstices and variegated margins of the same colour.»
LAMPRELL, K. L. & J. M. HEALY. 2001. Spondylidae (Bivalvia) from New Caledonia and adjacent waters. Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 185: 111-163 (In: P. Bouchet & B. A. Marshall Eds., Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 22). [p. 146, 147]
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Spondylus sinensis Schreibers, 1793,; K. L. Lamprell & J. M. Healy, 2001, Spondylidae (Bivalvia) from New Caledonia and adjacent waters, figures 11A, 11B
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«Spondylus sinensis Schreibers, 1793: 154 (based on Chemnitz, 1784: 75, pI. 44, figs
461-462); Cox, 1928: 252; Lamy, 1938: 293 (references, synonymy); Lamprell, 1986: 52 (synonymy), pI. 18, fig. I A-E. Type locality: "China" (Chemnitz, 1784: 76). Spondylus regius (non Linnaeus, 1758); Boshoff, 1965: 136. Diagnosis: Shell height (left) valve, to 7Smm; ovate, gibbous.
Sculpture of 5-6 principal ribs, ornamented with strong sparse spines, varying from pointed to spatulate (claw-like), some specimens have long spines while on others they are short and depressed; interstices are wide and have two or three broad ribs which usually bear dense minute spines. Colour variable, mauve-white to bright orange, internally white with a brightly coloured crenulated margin, brown at the hinge. Area of attachment small.
Material examined: Northern Mozambique: I pv, NM-G3049, Conducia Bay, Mozambique Province, K. Grosch.
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific to northern Mozambique.
Habitat: Lives attached to corals or in coral sand.»
LAMPRELL, K. L. & R. N. KILBURN. 1995. The recent Spondylidae of South Africa and Mozambique, with the description of a new species (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinoida). Molluscan Research, 16: 81-95, figs. 1-4. [p. 87, 88]
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Spondylus sinensis Schreibers, 1793; K. L. Lamprell & R. N. Kilburn, 1995, The recent Spondylidae of South Africa and Mozambique, with the description of a new species, figure 2B.
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