Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Pectinoida > Superfamily Pectinoidea > Family Spondylidae > Genus Spondylus

Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spondylus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Spondylus cevikeri*	Lamprell, Stanisic & Clarkson, 2001	synonym
*Spondylus gaederopus var. albina*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1888	synonym
*Spondylus gaederopus var. contraria*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1888	synonym
*Spondylus gaederopus var. corallina*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1888	synonym
*Spondylus gaederopus var. foliosa*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1888	synonym
*Spondylus gaederopus var. inermis*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1888	synonym
*Spondylus gaederopus var. lamellosa*	Pallary, 1904	synonym
*Spondylus gaederopus var. mixta*	Koch & Pallary in Pallary, 1900	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: gurca me gjëmba sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Catalan: ostra vermella sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

English: European thorny oyster; spinous scallop; thorny oyster sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona;Hayward, P.J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.

French: pied d'ane; spondyle sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Lazarusklapper

Greek: Γαϊδουροπόδαρο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: ostra roja

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Lamprell K.L. (1998). Recent Spondylus species from the Middle East and adjacent regions, with the description of two new species. Vita Marina 45(1-2): 41-60.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
additional source	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (8 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (158 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141549