189. Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781

Bathymetric distribution: 10–168 m —SW.

Geographical distribution: USA (North Carolina) to Brazil (PA to SP; FN, Atol das Rocas and Abrolhos Islands)— WGD.

References: Matthews & Kempf (1970), Rios (1994, 2009), Turgeon et al. (2009), Rocha et al. (2015), Simone et al. (2015).