Species under Spondylus
n= 59
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Spondylus albibarbatus
Reeve, 1856
Indo-West Pacific
Spondylus americanus
Hermann, 1781
Atlantic thorny oyster Western Atlantic 11.2
Spondylus anacanthus
Mawe, 1823
Indo-Pacific 60
Spondylus asiaticus
Chenu, 1844
Western Pacific 7.5
Spondylus aurispinae
Damarco & Bologna, 2009
Western Atlantic 17.4
Spondylus barbatus
Reeve, 1856
Bearded thorny oyster Indo-West Pacific 11.5
Spondylus butleri
Reeve, 1856
Butler's thorny oyster Western Pacific 10
Spondylus candidus
Lamarck, 1819
Indo-Pacific 1.133
Spondylus castus
Reeve, 1856
Indo-Pacific
Spondylus crassisquama
Lamarck, 1819
Pacific thorny oyster Eastern Pacific, North Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean
Spondylus cumingii
Sowerby, 1847
Western Pacific
Spondylus eastae
Lamprell, 1992
Eastern Indian Ocean
Spondylus echinatus
Schreibers, 1793
Western Pacific
Spondylus electrum
Reeve, 1856
Western Atlantic 4.5
Spondylus erectospinosus
Habe, 1973
Western Pacific
Spondylus erinaceus
Reeve, 1856
Western Atlantic 7.7
Spondylus exiguus
Lamprell & Healy, 2001
Central Pacific
Spondylus exilis
Sowerby III, 1895
Western Indian Ocean
Spondylus flabellum
Reeve, 1856
Indo-Pacific
Spondylus foliaceus
Schreibers, 1793
Western Pacific
Spondylus gaederopus
Linnaeus, 1758
European thorny oyster Western Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
Spondylus gilvus
Reeve, 1856
Western Atlantic 2.2
Spondylus gloriandus
Melvill & Standen, 1907
Western Indian Ocean
Spondylus gloriosus
Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Eastern Central Pacific
Spondylus gragrum
Reeve, 1856
Western Pacific
Spondylus gravis
Fulton, 1915
Western Pacific
Spondylus groschi
Lamprell & Kilburn, 1995
Mediterranean Sea
Spondylus gussonii
Costa, 1829
Western Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Spondylus ictericus
Reeve, 1856
Digitate thorny oyster Western Atlantic 7
Spondylus imperialis
Chenu, 1843
Imperial thorny oyster Indo-West Pacific 13.5
Spondylus lamyi
Fulton, 1915
Indo-Pacific
Spondylus limbatus
Sowerby, 1847
Donkey thorny oyster Indo-Pacific
Spondylus linguafelis
Sowerby, 1847
Pacific Ocean
Spondylus microlepos
Lamarck, 1819
Eastern Indian Ocean
Spondylus multimuricatus
(Reeve, 1856)
Western Central Pacific 7.5
Spondylus multisetosus
Reeve, 1856
Mediterranean Sea
Spondylus nicobaricus
Schreibers, 1793
Indo-Pacific
Spondylus occidens
Sowerby, 1903
Indo-Pacific
Spondylus orstomi
Lamprell & Healy, 2001
Pacific Ocean 6.06
Spondylus ostreoides
Smith, 1885
Southwest Pacific
Spondylus proneri
Lamprell & Healy, 2001
Pacific Ocean
Spondylus raoulensis
Oliver, 1915
Southwest Pacific
Spondylus regius
Linnaeus, 1758
Regal thorny oyster Western Pacific
Spondylus rubicundus
Reeve, 1856
Southwest Pacific and Eastern Central Pacific
Spondylus serraticostus
Prashad, 1932
Indo-West Pacific
Spondylus sinensis
(Schreibers, 1793)
Chinese thorny oyster Indo-West Pacific 10
Spondylus spectrum
Reeve, 1856
Western Pacific
Spondylus spinosus
Schreibers, 1793
Spiny oyster Indo-West Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea
Spondylus squamosus
Schreibers, 1793
Ducal thorny oyster Indo-West Pacific 10
Spondylus tenuis
Schreibers, 1793
Western Central Atlantic
Spondylus tenuispinosus
Sowerby, 1847
Western Pacific
Spondylus varians
(Sowerby, 1829)
Central Pacific
Spondylus variegatus
Schreibers, 1793
Indo-West Pacific
Spondylus varius
Sowerby, 1829
Giant variable thorny oyster Pacific Ocean
Spondylus versicolor
Schreibers, 1793
Golden thorny oyster Indo-West Pacific 14
Spondylus victoriae
Sowerby, 1843
Indo-West Pacific
Spondylus violascens
Lamarck, 1819
Pacific Ocean
Spondylus wrightianus
Crosse, 1869
Indo-Pacific 5
Spondylus zonalis
Lamarck, 1819
Indo-West Pacific
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