Spondylus ostreoides

Spondylus ostreoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pectinida
Family:	Spondylidae
Genus:	Spondylus
Species:	S. ostreoides
Binomial name
	Spondylus ostreoides; E. A. Smith, 1885

Spondylus ostreoides is a species of spiny oyster. It was only found once, off Raoul Island in the South Pacific Ocean.^[1]

Description

The only known specimen of S. ostreoides was found in 1885 and is currently in the British Museum of Natural History; only the shell has been preserved. It is heavily worn, but appears to have commarginal rather than radial sculpture, a character not found in other members of the genus, and typical of true oysters or, within the Pectinoidea, the Entoliidae. The cemented valve length is 13.8 mm, upper valve length is 12.5 mm.

References

^ Dijkstra, Henk H.; Marshall, Bruce A. (2008). "The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae)". Molluscan Research. 28 (1): 77. ISSN 1323-5818.

[1] Dijkstra, Henk H.; Marshall, Bruce A. (2008). "The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae)". Molluscan Research. 28 (1): 77. ISSN 1323-5818.

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