Spondylus

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
ספונדילוס
Name (Latin)
Spondylus
Name (Arabic)
فقاحة
Other forms of name
Spiny oysters
Spondulus
Thorny oysters
See Also From tracing topical name
Spondylidae (Mollusks)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q649156
Library of congress: sh 87005823
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Lamprell, K. Spondylus, 1986.
  • Morton, J.E. Molluscs, 1979(Spondylus)
  • The Oxford book of invertebrates, 1971(Spondylus)
  • Web. 3(Spondylus)
  • Britannica Macro.(Spondylus)
  • Syn. liv. org.:v. 1, p. 1120.
  • Vokes, H.E. Genera of the bivalvia, 1980:p. 58.
  • OED:v. 10, p. 654.
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Wikipedia description:

Spondylus is a genus of bivalve molluscs, the only genus in the 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 are related to scallops).

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