| Description | Spondylus americanus, the Atlantic thorny oyster, is a species of bivalve mollusc. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to Brazil.
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus : Spondylus americanus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus : Spondylus americanus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Spondylus |
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| Scientific Name | Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Spondylus americanus | species | belongs to Spondylus | stated without evidence | Hermann, 1781 | | Spondylus americanus | species | belongs to Spondylus | implied | Richards et al., 1969 | | Spondylus americanus | species | belongs to Spondylus | stated with evidence | Rosenberg, 2005 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene |
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| Environment | marine (based on Pectinida) |
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| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Spondylus) |
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| Vision | limited (based on Spondylidae) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Spondylus) |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Spondylus) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, and K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. |
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| Common Name(s) | American Thorny Oyster, Amerikanische Stachelauster, Atlantic Thorny Oyster, Atlantik-stachelauster, Atlantische Stachelauster |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spondylus_americanus |
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| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Spondylus arachnoides Lamarck, 1819 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus : Spondylus arachnoides |
| Spondylus echinatus d'Orbigny, 1853 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus : Spondylus echinatus |
| Spondylus longitudinalis Lamarck, 1819 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus : Spondylus longitudinalis |
| Spondylus dominicensis Röding, 1798 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus : Spondylus dominicensis |
| Spondylus avicularis Lamarck, 1819 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus : Spondylus avicularis |
| Spondylus longispina Lamarck, 1819 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus : Spondylus longispina |
| Spondylus aurispinae Damarco & Bologna, 2009 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus : Spondylus aurispinae |
| Spondylus cuneus Reeve, 1856 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus : Spondylus cuneus |
| Spondylus albus Schreibers, 1793 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus : Spondylus albus |
| Spondylus foliabrassicae d'Orbigny, 1853 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus : Spondylus foliabrassicae |
| Hendy A. J. W., Buick D. P., et al (2008) Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions |
| Richards H. G., Abbott R. T., et al (1969) The marine Pleistocene mollusks of Bermuda, Notulae Naturae 425, 1-10 |
| Rosenberg G. (2005) Malacolog 4.0: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca, [WWW database (version 4.1.0)] URL http://data.acnatsci.org/wasp |
| Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Cole, T. C. H. (2017) Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English: 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp - via Catalogue of Life |
| Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
Spondylus americanus
