Pedum spondyloideum ( Gmelin, 1791 )

Dijkstra, Henk H. & Maestrati, Philippe, 2012, Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Vanuatu Archipelago, Zoosystema 34 (2), pp. 389-408 : 400

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/z2012n2a12
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7153317
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scientific name	Pedum spondyloideum ( Gmelin, 1791 )
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Pedum spondyloideum ( Gmelin, 1791) View in CoL View at ENA

Ostrea spondyloidea Gmelin, 1791: 3335 .

Pedum spondyloideum View in CoL – Raines & Poppe 2006: 224, pl. 171, figs 1-5; pl. 296, fig. 1 (references, type data, original and additional descriptions, distribution).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — India. Holotype spm ( ZMUC BIV-57 ).

Vanuatu. SANTO 2006, stn VM11, 15°28.8’S, 167°15.3’E, intertidal, 1 spm. — GoogleMaps Stn FR33, 15°27.5’S, 167°15.2’E, 15-55 m, 3 spms. — GoogleMaps Stn FS79, 15°33.1’S, 167°09.6’E, 2 m, 1 rv GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Coral reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific; lives embedded in massive heads of scleractinian corals in shallow water. Live specimens from the intertidal zone to 15 m.