Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -191 meters (-626 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Bivalves
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
()
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
()
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
()
- Superfamily:
Pectinoidea
()
- Family:
Spondylidae
()
- Gray, 1826
- Genus:
Spondylus
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
violascens
- Scientific name: - Spondylus violascens
- Specific name:
violascens
- Genus:
Spondylus
(
- Family:
Spondylidae
(
- Superfamily:
Pectinoidea
(
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
(
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Spondylus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. americanus americanus (Atlantic Thorny Oyster) · S. cumingi (Pipe Fish) · S. darwini (Smooth Angler) · S. deforgesi (Goosefish) · S. depressus (Spiny Batfish) · S. eastae (Polka-Dot Batfish) · S. erectospinus (African Skate) · S. heidkeae (Blackchin Guitarfish) · S. ictericus ictericus (Digitate Thorny Oyster) · S. igneus (Blond Ray) · S. mireilleae (Halavi's Guitarfish) · S. ocellatus (Speckled Guitarfish) · S. pickeringae (Fiddlefish) · S. proneri (Roker) · S. smytheae (Southern Fiddler Ray) · S. vexillum (Burmese Trout)
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Further Reading
- The conchologist's first book, or, A system of testaceous malacology, arranged expressly for the use of schools: in which the animals, according to Cuvier, are given with the shells, a great number of new species added, and the whole brought up, as accurately as possible, to the present condition of the science by Edgar A. Poe; with illustrations of two hundred and fifteen shells, presenting a correct type of each genus. Philadelphia: Published for the author, by Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1839. url p. 75.
- The conchologist's nomenclator: a catalogue of all the recent species of shells included under the subkingdom "Mollusca, " with their authorities. .. / by Agnes Catlow; assisted by Lovell Reeve. London: Reeve Brothers, 1845. url p. 85.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15583791
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2044131
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 754.040 based on 15 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
