SPONDYLIDAE J. E. Gray, 1826

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 716-717

Family SPONDYLIDAE J. E. Gray, 1826

Gaideropa – Deshayes,1832-EncyMeth: 163. Unavailable, not used as a valid name and in synonymy with Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758 ( Huber, 2010a: 627).

concavus , Spondylus – Deshayes, 1863: 34-35, pl. 5, figs 1-3. — Type locality: La Réunion. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: Spondylus concavus Deshayes, 1863 ( Huber 2010a: 217, 629).

crocatus, Spondylus – Deshayes, 1849-DictUnivAtlas: 10, pl. 8, figs 3-4. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. Older name for the western Atlantic species long known as Spondylus ictericus Reeve, 1856 . — Current status: Deshayes’ name turns out to be one of five earlier synonyms, the oldest of which is Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793 ( Huber 2010a: 215, 628).

defrancii , Hinnites – Deshayes, 1825-DictClass8: 201. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: not stated. Preoccupies H. defrancii Michelotti, 1847 . — Current status: nomen dubium .

demissus , Spondylus – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 84, pl. 80, figs 24-27; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 91-92. — Type locality: Cuise-la-Motte. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Current status: Spondylus demissus Deshayes, 1858 ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 84).

granulosus , Spondylus – Deshayes, 1830/1832-DescrCoqFoss: 322-323, 23, pl. 46, figs 11-12; 1832-EncyMeth: 982; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 193; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 73; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 93. — Type locality: Chaumont-en-Vexin. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Spondylus granulosus Deshayes, 1830 ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 84; Pacaud 2008: 83).

multistriatus , Spondylus – Deshayes, 1830-DescrCoqFoss: 322, 23, pl. 45, figs 19-21; 1832-EncyMeth: 981-982; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 193; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 73-74;1861-DescrCoqFoss: 91. — Type localities: Chaumont-en-Vexin, Mary-sur-Marne, Acy-en-Multien & Tancrou. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian-Bartonian). — Current status: Spondylus multistriatus Deshayes, 1830 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 42; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 84; Pacaud 2008: 83).

nilssoni , Spondylus – Deshayes, 1836-HistNatAnim2: 193-194; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 74. — Type locality: Scanie, Maestricht. — Type age: Cretaceous (Campanian). — Current status: synonym of Spondylus labiatus (Wahlenberg, 1821) ( Lundgren 1885: 7-9) .

quinquecostatus, Spondylus –Deshayes, 1833b: “pl. 2, figs 1-2”, nomen nudum; 1835b: 121, pl. 22, figs 1-2, non J. Sowerby, 1814. — Type localities: Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece. — Type age: Subapennine Formation. — Type age: Pliocene ; also Italy &? Piémont. — Current status: synonym of Spondylus crassicosta Lamarck, 1819 ( P. Fischer, in Tchihatcheff 1866: 266) .

rarispina , Spondylus –Deshayes, 1830-DescrCoqFoss: 321-322, 23, pl. 46, figs 6-10; 1832-EncyMeth: 981; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 192- 193; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 73;1861-DescrCoqFoss: 90-91. — Type locality: Chaumont-en-Vexin. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Spondylus rarispina Deshayes, 1830 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 43; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 84; Pacaud 2008: 83).

vaudini , Spondylus – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 84, pl. 80, figs 14-20; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 92. — Type localities: Laon & Mons-en-Laonnais. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Current status: Spondylus vaudini Deshayes, 1858 ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 84).

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roemeri , Spondylus –Leymerie, 1841: 342, nomen nudum; 1842: 10-11, 27, pl. 6, figs 8-10, ex Deshayes ms. — Type localities: Fouchères & Chenay. — Type age: Cretaceous (Hauterivian). — Current status: Spondylus roemeri Leymerie, 1842 ( Masse et al. 2022: 7).

spinosus , Spondylus – Listed by Leymerie (1846: 136) and Arkadiev (2020: 21, 304, pl. 101, fig. 8) as a Deshayes species, this originated as Spondylus spinosus (J. Sowerby, 1814) [ Plagiostoma ].