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Species Scintilla cuvieri Deshayes, 1856


Compiler and date details

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific (Australia, Philippines and Phuket Thailand)


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coarse sand, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocks, shallow subtidal, under rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

On reefs, under rocks and small stones in coarse sand and gravel

 

General References

Healy, J.M. & Potter, D.G. 2010. A preliminary checklist of the marine bivalves (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 54(3): 235-252 [245]

Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [115-116, 476-478, 4 text figs]

Jarrett, A.G. 2011. Marine Shells of the Whitsunday Coast & Islands. Australia : Midas Printing 268 pp., 960 figs.

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [152]

Lützen, J. & Nielsen, C. 2005. Galeommatid bivalves from Phuket, Thailand. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144: 261-308 [270-271, figs 3D, 9, 10]

Preston, H.B. 1908. Descriptions of new species of land, marine and freshwater shells from the Andaman Islands. Records of the Indian Museum 2(2): 187-210, pls 14-17 [206] (as translucida)

Smith, E.A. 1884. Mollusca. pp. 34–116, 487–508, 657–659, pls 4–7. In, Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881-2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis. [Part I. Collections of Melanesia, pp. 34–116; Part II. Collections from the Western Indian Ocean, pp. 487–508; explanation of plates pp. 657–659] [105-106]

Sowerby, G.B. 1874. Monograph of the genus Scintilla. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 19. [pl. 2] (dorsal and lateral aspect)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023 BIVALVIA 22-Aug-2023 MOVED Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
22-Aug-2023 BIVALVIA 22-Aug-2023 MOVED Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014 11-Aug-2014 MOVED
11-Aug-2014 GALEOMMATOIDEA 12-Nov-2013 MODIFIED Mr Des Beechey (AM)
05-May-2011 MODIFIED