Spondylus princeps

Pacific thorny oyster, Spondylus princeps Broderip, 1833, Photo: Michael Lahanas

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Pteriomorphia
Ordo: Ostreoida
Subordo: Pectinina
Superfamilia: Pectinoidea
Familia: Spondylidae
Genus: Spondylus
Species: Spondylus princeps

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Name

Spondylus princeps Broderip, 1833

Vernacular Names

Pacific thorny oyster