Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781

• Atlantic thorny oyster

Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Bivalvia
Order:Pectinida
Family:Spondylidae
Genus:Spondylus
Species:S. americanus

110 x 112 mm (excluding spines)

North of Cayenne, French Guiana

From my collection

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Published by Gabriel Paladino Ibáñez

Enthusiast photographer & Collector

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