Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Spondylus albibarbatus		Indo-West Pacific.		1856
Spondylus americanus	Atlantic thorny oyster	Western Atlantic	11.2 DL	1781
Spondylus anacanthus		Indo-Pacific.	60 SHL	1823
Spondylus asiaticus		Western Pacific	7.5 SHL	1844
Spondylus aurispinae		Western Atlantic.	17.4 DL	2009
Spondylus barbatus	Bearded thorny oyster	Indo-West Pacific	11.5 SHH	1856
Spondylus butleri	Butler's thorny oyster	Western Pacific	10 SHL	1856
Spondylus candidus		Indo-Pacific.	1.1 SHL	1819
Spondylus castus		Indo-Pacific.		1856
Spondylus crassisquama	Pacific thorny oyster	Eastern Pacific, North At		1819
Spondylus cumingii		Western Pacific.		1847
Spondylus eastae		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Spondylus echinatus		Western Pacific.		1793
Spondylus electrum		Western Atlantic.	4.5 DL	1856
Spondylus erectospinosus		Western Pacific.		1973
Spondylus erinaceus		Western Atlantic.	7.7 DL	1856
Spondylus exiguus		Central Pacific		2001
Spondylus exilis		Western Indian Ocean		1895
Spondylus flabellum		Indo-Pacific.		1856
Spondylus foliaceus		Western Pacific.		1793
Spondylus gaederopus	European thorny oyster	Western Indian Ocean and		1758
Spondylus gilvus		Western Atlantic.	2.2 DL	1856
Spondylus gloriandus		Western Indian Ocean		1907
Spondylus gloriosus		Eastern Central Pacific		1938
Spondylus gragrum		Western Pacific		1856
Spondylus gravis		Western Pacific		1915
Spondylus groschi		Mediterranean Sea.		1995
Spondylus gussonii		Western Central Atlantic		1829
Spondylus ictericus	Digitate thorny oyster	Western Atlantic.	7 DL	1856
Spondylus imperialis	Imperial thorny oyster	Indo-West Pacific	13.5 SHH	1843
Spondylus lamyi		Indo-Pacific		1915
Spondylus limbatus	Donkey thorny oyster	Indo-Pacific.		1847
Spondylus linguafelis		Pacific Ocean.		1847
Spondylus microlepos		Eastern Indian Ocean		1819
Spondylus multimuricatus		Western Central Pacific	7.5 SHL	1856
Spondylus multisetosus		Mediterranean Sea.		1856
Spondylus nicobaricus		Indo-Pacific		1793
Spondylus occidens		Indo-Pacific		1903
Spondylus orstomi		Pacific Ocean.	6.1 SHL	2001
Spondylus ostreoides		Southwest Pacific		1885
Spondylus proneri		Pacific Ocean. Tropical		2001
Spondylus pseudogaederopus		Pacific Ocean. Tropical		2022
Spondylus purpurascens		Pacific Ocean. Tropical		2022
Spondylus raoulensis		Southwest Pacific		1915
Spondylus regius	Regal thorny oyster	Western Pacific.		1758
Spondylus rubicundus		Southwest Pacific and Eas		1856
Spondylus serraticostus		Indo-West Pacific		1932
Spondylus sinensis	Chinese thorny oyster	Indo-West Pacific.	10 SHL	1793
Spondylus spectrum		Western Pacific.		1856
Spondylus spinosus	Spiny oyster	Indo-West Pacific and the		1793
Spondylus squamosus	Ducal thorny oyster	Indo-West Pacific	10 SHH	1793
Spondylus tenuis		Western Central Atlantic		1793
Spondylus tenuispinosus		Western Pacific		1847
Spondylus varians		Central Pacific		1829
Spondylus variegatus		Indo-West Pacific		1793
Spondylus varius	Giant variable thorny oyster	Pacific Ocean.		1829
Spondylus versicolor	Golden thorny oyster	Indo-West Pacific	14 SHH	1793
Spondylus victoriae		Indo-West Pacific.		1843
Spondylus violascens		Pacific Ocean.		1819
Spondylus wrightianus		Indo-Pacific	5 SHL	1869
Spondylus zonalis		Indo-West Pacific		1819

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