3217 Author Raines, Bret Author Huber, Markus text Zootaxa 2012 2012-02-29 3217 1 106 journal article 1175­5334 Spondylus exiguus Lamprell & Healy, 2001 Figures 18 A–B Spondylus exiguus Lamprell & Healy, 2001 : p. 117 , figs. 2 C–J. Spondylus exiguus Lamprell & Healy, 2001 — Raines, 2002 : p. 34 , fig. 40. Material examined. Over a dozen single valves and fragments ( 4.4 to 9.2 mm ) (BK). Diagnosis. Shell small, (up to 9.2 mm in height) pear-shaped, moderately solid, and nearly equivalve; auricles relatively small. Sculpture consisting of 35–40 pronounced, flattened, scabrous radial ribs; spines are scale-like and angulated; interstices narrow. Color variable from uniformly cream to orange and yellow. Remarks. The EI and SyG material is identical in shape and sculpture to Spondylus exiguus . However, at least two specimens are in excess of 9 mm and thus represent new maximum size for this small species. Habitat. Commonly found at many locations around EI , in sand and rubble, from 30–80 m . Distribution. Spondylus exiguus was originally described from New Caledonia , but is also known from Easter Island. It has never been recorded from the Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand or the Kermadec Islands— E4 .