Spondylus varius; The Water Spondylus

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Spondylus varius; The Water Spondylus

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Spondylus varius
The Water Spondylus

Photographer: Eugene Weber
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0091 3183 0985 0058 (2001-03-07)

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date of photo unknown

location Palau (Palau Islands, Palau)

class Bivalvia

notes coral reef

CalAcademy slide # T 46916

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL

common names The Water Spondylus (Lamprell (2006) )

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Reviewed by Joseph W. Dougherty May 1, 2001

Action: changed name from "Tridacna sp." to "Spondylus americanus "

Reviewer's comments:

"Tridacna is a Pacific genus -- does not exist in the Atlantic.
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Reviewed by Peter Clarkson Jul 5, 2009

Action: changed name from "Spondylus americanus" to "Spondylus varius "

Reviewer's comments:

"The mantle morphology of S. varius is very distinctive. Also, Spondylus americanus is an Atlantic rather than Pacific species; its distribution does not extend to Palau."

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