Species Scissulina dispar (Conrad, 1837)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tellina dispar Conrad, T.A. 1837. Descriptions of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia series 1 7(2): 227-268 [259].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, inhabits the Sandwich Islands [Hawaiian Islands].

 

Generic Combinations

• Macoma (Scissulina) dispar (Conrad, 1837). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [102, pl. 49, fig. 360]
• Scissulina dispar (Conrad, 1837).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific: from S.Africa (Port Alfred) to Hawaii

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine, sand, sheltered bays, silty sand, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 35m; coral reefs and tide pools, in calcareous coarse and in, also in bays, with seagrass

 

General References

Boss, K.J. 1969. The subfamily Tellininae in South African waters (Bivalvia, Mollusca). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 138(4): 81-162 [150-153, pl. 19, fig. 3; pl. 20, fig. 3]

Huber, M., Langleit, A. &​ Kreipl, K. 2015. TELLINIDAE. In, Huber, M. 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] [239, 662, 665, 4 text figs; on CD]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [559, fig. 182I-J]

Sartori, A.F. & Rosenberg, G. 2013. Scissulina dispar (Conrad, 1837). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216528 (Accessed on 2015-03-23)

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [339] (Dissimilar Tellen)

 

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)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	TELLINOIDEA	31-Jul-2014	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014	TELLINOIDEA	27-Jun-2014	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		15-Jun-2011	MODIFIED