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Abstract
Ten species of the genus Spondylus are recorded from South Africa and Mozambique (6 from South Africa, 9 from Mozambique). Of these, only Spondylus nicobaricus Schreibers , 1793, has been reported previously. Spondylus groschi from Mozambique and Natal is described as new. The remainder are widely distributed Indo-Pacific taxa: Spondylus cuneus Reeve, 1856, Spondylus sinensis Schreibers, 1793, Spondylus Occidens Sowerby, 1903, Spondylus sanguineus Dunker, 1852, Spondylus castus Reeve, 1856, Spondylus butleri Reeve, 1856, Spondylus flabellum Reeve, 1856, and Spondylus tenuispinosus Sowerby, 1847.