Spondylus cruentus

Spondylus cruentus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinoida
Family: Spondylidae
Genus: Spondylus
Species: S. cruentus
Binomial name
Spondylus cruentus
Lischke, 1868

Spondylus cruentus is a species of Spondylus, a genus of Bivalvia.[1]

This species distributes in Mainland China, resting in tidal zone up to 20 m deep in the sea. They attach themselves to the basis of the sea with their right valve.

References

  1. "国际贝库:血色海菊蛤" [International Shell Base: Spondylus cruentus] (in Chinese). Taiwan Shell Database. Retrieved 2009-08-11.


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