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American Thorny Oyster (Spondylus americanus)
Invertebrateverified

Spondylus americanus

Hermann, 1781

American Thorny Oyster

Also known as: Atlantic Thorny Oyster, Atlantic Thorny-Oyster

Verified againstWoRMS

Taxonomy

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Pectinida

Family

Spondylidae

Other species in Spondylidae

Digitate Thorny Oyster (Spondylus tenuis)

Spondylus tenuis

Digitate Thorny Oyster

European Thorny Oyster (Spondylus gaederopus)

Spondylus gaederopus

European Thorny Oyster

Spondylus gussonii

Image: © Sylvain Le Bris (CC-BY-NC) · iNaturalist (CC-BY-NC) · source