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Pacific thorny oyster

Spondylus crassisquama

Classification

Spondylus is a genus of bivalve molluscs, the only genus in the family Spondylidae and subfamily Spondylinae. They are known in English as spiny oysters or thorny oysters (although they are not, in fact, true oysters, but are related to scallops). Description The many species of Spondylus vary considerably in appearance.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 4