''Spondylus visayensis'' is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
marine bivalve mollusc in the
family
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Spondylidae
''Spondylus'' is a genus of bivalve molluscs, the only genus in the family (biology), family Spondylidae and subfamily Spondylinae. They are known in English as spiny oysters or thorny oysters (although they are not, in fact, true oysters, but ...
.
Distribution
This bivalve occurs off the
Philippines
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..
Original description
*(of Spondylus gloriosus visayensis Poppe & Tagaro, 2010) Poppe G. & Tagaro S. (2010) New species of Haloceratidae, Columbellidae, Buccinidae, Mitridae, Costellariidae, Amathinidae and Spondylidae from the Philippines. Visaya 3(1):73-93.
References
* Huber M. (2015). Compendium of Bivalves 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp.
External links
Worms Link
Spondylidae
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