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Family: Spondylidae thorny oysters



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Spondylus albibarbatus
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 11.2 cm DL
Spondylus americanusHermann, 1781

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Spondylus americanus
[Atlantic thorny oyster]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 60 cm SHL
Spondylus anacanthusMawe, 1823

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Spondylus anacanthus
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Max. Length 7.5 cm SHL
 
Spondylus asiaticus
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Max. Length 17.4 cm DL
 
Spondylus aurispinae
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 11.5 cm SHH
Spondylus barbatusReeve, 1856

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Spondylus barbatus
[Bearded thorny oyster]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm SHL
Spondylus butleriReeve, 1856

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Spondylus butleri
[Butler's thorny oyster]
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Max. Length 1.1 cm SHL
 
Spondylus candidus
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Spondylus castus
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Spondylus crassisquama
[Pacific thorny oyster]
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Spondylus cumingii
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Spondylus eastae
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Spondylus echinatus
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Max. Length 4.5 cm DL
 
Spondylus electrum
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Spondylus erectospinosus
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Max. Length 7.7 cm DL
 
Spondylus erinaceus
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Spondylus exiguus
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Spondylus exilis
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Spondylus flabellum
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Spondylus foliaceus
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Pillon, Roberto

Western Indian Ocean and

Spondylus gaederopusLinnaeus, 1758

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Spondylus gaederopus
[European thorny oyster]
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Max. Length 2.2 cm DL
 
Spondylus gilvus
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Spondylus gloriandus
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Spondylus gloriosus
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Spondylus gragrum
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Spondylus gravis
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Spondylus groschi
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Spondylus gussonii
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 7 cm DL
Spondylus ictericusReeve, 1856

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Spondylus ictericus
[Digitate thorny oyster]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 13.5 cm SHH
Spondylus imperialisChenu, 1843

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Spondylus imperialis
[Imperial thorny oyster]
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Spondylus lamyi
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Spondylus limbatus
[Donkey thorny oyster]
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Spondylus linguafelis
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Spondylus microlepos
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 7.5 cm SHL
Spondylus multimuricatus(Reeve, 1856)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Spondylus multimuricatus
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Spondylus multisetosus
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Spondylus nicobaricus
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Spondylus occidens
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Max. Length 6.1 cm SHL
 
Spondylus orstomi
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Spondylus ostreoides
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Spondylus proneri
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Spondylus pseudogaederopus
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Spondylus purpurascens
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Spondylus raoulensis
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Spondylus regius
[Regal thorny oyster]
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Spondylus rubicundus
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Spondylus serraticostus
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 10 cm SHL
Spondylus sinensis(Schreibers, 1793)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Spondylus sinensis
[Chinese thorny oyster]
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Spondylus spectrum
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Spondylus spinosus
[Spiny oyster]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm SHH
Spondylus squamosusSchreibers, 1793

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Spondylus squamosus
[Ducal thorny oyster]
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Spondylus tenuis
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Spondylus tenuispinosus
[]

Harasti, David

Central Pacific

Spondylus varians(Sowerby, 1829)

Photo by Harasti, David
 
Spondylus varians
[]
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Spondylus variegatus
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Pacific Ocean.

Spondylus variusSowerby, 1829

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Spondylus varius
[Giant variable thorny oyster]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 14 cm SHH
Spondylus versicolorSchreibers, 1793

Photo by FAO
 
Spondylus versicolor
[Golden thorny oyster]
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Spondylus victoriae
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Spondylus violascens
[]
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Max. Length 5 cm SHL
 
Spondylus wrightianus
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Spondylus zonalis
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