Sowerby, G. B. I. (1827). Catalogue of the whole of that splendid collection of rare shells, madrepores, carved paddles and other curiosities formed by Mr. Samuel Stutchbury, … and brought home by the Pacific Pearl Company's Ship, the Sir George Osborne. Which will be sold by auction by Mr. Sowerby … on Thursday, July 26th, 1827. London. 10 pp.; Appendix. Observations on a few of the most remarkable shells collected by Mr. Samuel Stutchbury on the coast of some of the islands of the Australasian and Polynesian groups, together with descriptions of a few new species. London. 4 pp., 1 pl. [July]. page(s): App. 1 [details]
Description Distribution: Australia (Lamprell, 1987)
Description Distribution: Australia (Lamprell, 1987) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Spondylus varius G. B. Sowerby I, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207853 on 2024-05-18
original descriptionSowerby, G. B. I. (1827). Catalogue of the whole of that splendid collection of rare shells, madrepores, carved paddles and other curiosities formed by Mr. Samuel Stutchbury, … and brought home by the Pacific Pearl Company's Ship, the Sir George Osborne. Which will be sold by auction by Mr. Sowerby … on Thursday, July 26th, 1827. London. 10 pp.; Appendix. Observations on a few of the most remarkable shells collected by Mr. Samuel Stutchbury on the coast of some of the islands of the Australasian and Polynesian groups, together with descriptions of a few new species. London. 4 pp., 1 pl. [July]. page(s): App. 1 [details]
original description(ofSpondylus delessertii Chenu, 1844)Chenu J.C. (1842-1854). Illustrations conchyliologiques, ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues, vivantes et fossiles. Paris. 85 parts in 4 volumes. page(s): pl. 12 [details]
basis of recordLamprell, K. L. (1987). Spiny oysters of the world - Spondylus. [details]
additional sourceHuber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Distribution: Australia (Lamprell, 1987) [details]