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Species Scintilla incerta Deshayes, 1863


Compiler and date details

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

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Reunion


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

Notes

According to Huber(2015: 471) this belongs in Barclayia and is only known from Mauritius and Reunion Island, thus does not have an Australian distribution.

 

General References

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] [112, 471, 3 text figs; on CD] (as Barclayia)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [152, fig. 392] (as S. incerta (Recluz, 1851). This name of Recluz has not found. However, Deshayes does describe this name from Reunion, with his own name as author. Citings of S. incerta Recluz of Reuniowas found in Google, refering to Journal de Conchyliologie, but no such name was recoved from that journal. There is a possibility that S. incerta or Deshayes and Recluz does not represent conspecifers)

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [159, pl. 23 A, B] (as Barrimysia incerta, identification uncertain)

 

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