Spondylus Marisrubri (38.90mm)

Description Spondylus marisrubri* (Röding, 1798) is a thorny oyster in the family Spondylidae. Mindat 2Google Cloud Storage 2 It has a thick, irregularly oval shell with prominent radial ribs and short spines or tubercles. CIESM 1 The species is native to the Red Sea and adjacent Indo-Pacific regions. disperse-project.org 1 Note: Its taxonomy is somewhat unsettled — several sources list S. marisrubri as a synonym of Spondylus spinosus.