Spondylus
Spondylus is a genus of bivalve molluscs, the only genus in the family Spondylidae. They are known in English as spiny oysters or thorny oysters (though they are not, in fact, true oysters).
| Spondylus Temporal range: | |
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| A shell of Spondylus regius | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Superfamily: | Pectinoidea |
| Family: | Spondylidae Gray, 1826 |
| Genus: | Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Spondylus gaederopus | |
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