Spondylus americanus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Pectinida
- Family
- Spondylidae
- Genus
- Spondylus
- Species
- Spondylus americanus
- Scientific Name
- Spondylus americanus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Spondylus americanus
Spondylus americanus, the Atlantic thorny oyster, is a species of bivalve mollusc. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to Brazil.
...Spondylus americanus in languages:
- Czech
- ostnovka americká
- English
- Atlantic Thorny Oyster
- French
- Spondyle américain
- Russian
- американский спондилюс
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Spondylus americanus
- Spondylus anacanthus
- Spondylus asiaticus
- Spondylus asperrimus
- Spondylus avramsingeri
- Spondylus butleri
- Spondylus candidus
- Spondylus clarksoni
- Spondylus concavus
- Spondylus concentricus
- Spondylus crassicosta
- Spondylus crassisquama
- Spondylus darwini
- Spondylus deforgesi
- Spondylus depressus
- Spondylus eastae
- Spondylus echinatus
- Spondylus exiguus
- Spondylus exilis
- Spondylus fauroti
- Spondylus foliaceus
- Spondylus gaederopus
- Spondylus gloriandus
- Spondylus gloriosus
- Spondylus gravis
- Spondylus groschi
- Spondylus gussonii
- Spondylus heidkeae
- Spondylus imperialis
- Spondylus lamarckii
- Spondylus layardi
- Spondylus leucacanthus
- Spondylus limbatus
- Spondylus linguafelis
- Spondylus maestratii
- Spondylus mimus
- Spondylus morrisoni
- Spondylus multimuricatus
- Spondylus multisetosus
- Spondylus nicobaricus
- Spondylus occidens
- Spondylus ocellatus
- Spondylus orstomi
- Spondylus ostreoides
- Spondylus pratii
- Spondylus proneri
- Spondylus pseudogaederopus
- Spondylus raoulensis
- Spondylus reesianus
- Spondylus regius
- Spondylus rippingalei
- Spondylus rubicundus
- Spondylus senegalensis
- Spondylus spinosus
- Spondylus squamosus
- Spondylus tenellus
- Spondylus tenuis
- Spondylus tenuispinosus
- Spondylus tenuitas
- Spondylus variegatus
- Spondylus varius
- Spondylus versicolor
- Spondylus victoriae
- Spondylus violacescens
- Spondylus virgineus
- Spondylus visayensis
- Spondylus zonalis