Species Scintillula vincentensis (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Marikellia vincentiensis Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1938. The Molluscs of South Australia. Part 1. The Pelecypoda. Adelaide : Government Printer 314 pp. [Handbook of the flora and fauna of South Australia] [215].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D.12902, Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia, shell sand.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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] [on CD]

 

Generic Combinations

• Scintillula vincentensis (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938). —
  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] [483-484, 498; on CD]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

S. WA, Spencer Gulf,Gulf St. Vincent,?NSW

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

40m; attached under rocks, in hollows of sponges

 

General References

Allan, J. 1962. Australian Shells, with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on land. Melbourne : Georgian House Rev. ed., 487 pp.

Cotton, B.C. 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda. Adelaide : W.L. Hawes, Government Printer 363 pp. [Date published Oct: Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series]

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] [123, 483-484, 498, 3 text figs; on CD]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. (as solida)

 

History of changes

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)
	BIVALVIA	23-Jun-2017	ADDED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)