Spondylus americanus

species of mollusc
Taxon taxon Q3018690
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Spondylus americanus

Summary

Spondylus americanus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month, #1,622 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Spondylus americanus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Spondylus americanus is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Spondylus americanus belongs to the parent taxon Spondylus[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Spondylus americanus is Spondylus americanus[6].
  • Spondylus americanus's Commons category is recorded as Spondylus americanus[7].
  • Spondylus americanus's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'S. americanus'}[8].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Spondylus americanus is Spondylus americanus[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Spondylus[5].

Identifiers

Spondylus americanus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 210489[9]. Spondylus americanus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1824449[10]. Spondylus americanus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5188866[11]. Spondylus americanus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 79779[12].

Why It Matters

Spondylus americanus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month, #1,622 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Spondylus
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    Taxon rank → species
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