Digitate Thorny Oyster (Spondylus tenuis)

Invertebrateverified

Spondylus tenuis

Schreibers, 1793

Digitate Thorny Oyster

Verified againstWoRMS

Taxonomy

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Pectinida

Family

Spondylidae

Where to find it

common

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Other species in Spondylidae

European Thorny Oyster (Spondylus gaederopus)

Spondylus gaederopus

European Thorny Oyster

American Thorny Oyster (Spondylus americanus)

Spondylus americanus

American Thorny Oyster

Spondylus gussonii

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