Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758 (basis of record)
Spondylus aculeatus Broderip, 1833 accepted as Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793 (source of synonymy)
Spondylus aurantius Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Spondylus versicolor Schreibers, 1793 (source of synonymy)
Spondylus candidus Lamarck, 1819 (basis of record)
Spondylus castus Reeve, 1856 accepted as Spondylus echinatus Schreibers, 1793 (basis of record)
Spondylus coccineus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Spondylus limbatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 (source of synonymy)
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758 (additional source)
Spondylus gloriandus Melvill & Standen, 1907 (basis of record)
Spondylus gravis Fulton, 1915 (basis of record)
Spondylus groschi Lamprell & Kilburn, 1995 (basis of record)
Spondylus hystrix Röding, 1798 accepted as Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793 (source of synonymy)
Spondylus layardi Reeve, 1856 (basis of record)
Spondylus limbatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 (basis of record)
Spondylus marisrubri Röding, 1798 accepted as Spondylus spinosus Schreibers, 1793 (source of synonymy)
Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793 (additional source)
Spondylus pickeringae Lamprell, 1998 (original description)
Spondylus pratii Parth, 1990 (basis of record)
Spondylus punicus F. R. Bernard, Cai & B. Morton, 1993 accepted as Spondylus limbatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 (source of synonymy)
Spondylus smytheae Lamprell, 1998 accepted as Spondylus fauroti Jousseaume, 1888 (original description)
Spondylus somalicus Parth & Philippe, 1992 accepted as Spondylus gravis Fulton, 1915 (source of synonymy)
Spondylus spinosus Schreibers, 1793 (additional source)
Spondylus versicolor Schreibers, 1793 (basis of record)

Australia for Spondylus candidus Lamarck, 1819 
Baía da Condúcia for Spondylus groschi Lamprell & Kilburn, 1995 
Djiboutian Exclusive Economic Zone for Spondylus layardi Reeve, 1856 
Djiboutian Exclusive Economic Zone for Spondylus limbatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 
Gulf of Aqaba for Spondylus pickeringae Lamprell, 1998 
Gulf of Aqaba for Spondylus smytheae Lamprell, 1998 
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin for Spondylus groschi Lamprell & Kilburn, 1995  (origin: origin uncertain)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Spondylus groschi Lamprell & Kilburn, 1995 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Spondylus pratii Parth, 1990 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Spondylus spinosus Schreibers, 1793 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Spondylus candidus Lamarck, 1819 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Spondylus groschi Lamprell & Kilburn, 1995  (origin: native - non-endemic)
Natal for Spondylus groschi Lamprell & Kilburn, 1995  (origin: native - non-endemic)
Persian Gulf for Spondylus limbatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1847 
Red Sea for Spondylus candidus Lamarck, 1819 
Red Sea for Spondylus groschi Lamprell & Kilburn, 1995 
Red Sea for Spondylus layardi Reeve, 1856 
Red Sea for Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers, 1793 
Red Sea for Spondylus pickeringae Lamprell, 1998 
Red Sea for Spondylus smytheae Lamprell, 1998 
Red Sea for Spondylus spinosus Schreibers, 1793 
Red Sea for Spondylus spinosus Schreibers, 1793 
Red Sea for Spondylus versicolor Schreibers, 1793 
Somali Exclusive Economic Zone for Spondylus gravis Fulton, 1915 
Somali Exclusive Economic Zone for Spondylus pratii Parth, 1990 
Somali Exclusive Economic Zone for Spondylus somalicus Parth & Philippe, 1992 
South Africa (country) for Spondylus candidus Lamarck, 1819 
Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone for Spondylus layardi Reeve, 1856 
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone for Spondylus groschi Lamprell & Kilburn, 1995 

English golden thorny oyster [from synonym] for Spondylus aurantius Lamarck, 1819
English red thorny oyster [from synonym] for Spondylus marisrubri Röding, 1798

 Authority

 for Spondylus aculeatus Broderip, 1833

Authority (Chemnitz) Schröter in Dautzenberg, 1929 [details]

 Authority

 for Spondylus hystrix Röding, 1798

Author is Bolten according to Spry, 1964. Type locality: unknown. [details]

 Remark

 for Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758

Type species: Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758 [details]

 Synonymy

 for Spondylus marisrubri Röding, 1798

Junior synonym [details]

 Type locality

 for Spondylus candidus Lamarck, 1819

Nouvelle-Hollande [=Australia]. [details]

 Type locality

 for Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758

Mediterranean. [details]

 Type locality

 for Spondylus gravis Fulton, 1915

unknown [details]

 Type locality

 for Spondylus groschi Lamprell & Kilburn, 1995

SE Conducia Bay, Mozambique [details]

 Type locality

 for Spondylus layardi Reeve, 1856

Sri Lanka [details]

 Type locality

 for Spondylus limbatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1847

Persian Gulf [details]

 Type locality

 for Spondylus pickeringae Lamprell, 1998

Gulf of Aqaba, Eilat, Israel [details]

 Type locality

 for Spondylus smytheae Lamprell, 1998

Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea [details]

 Type locality

 for Spondylus spinosus Schreibers, 1793

Red Sea [details]