Scintilla, DESHAYES, 1856

Lützen, Jørgen & Nielsen, Claus, 2005, Galeommatid bivalves from Phuket, Thailand, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144 (3), pp. 261-308 : 264

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10545357
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GENUS SCINTILLA DESHAYES, 1856 View in CoL

Shell more or less inflated, rather thin, smooth, polished. Umbones moderately prominent, submedian or anterior to middle. Right valve with a single prominent cardinal, left valve with two somewhat divergent cardinals. Posterior laterals present.

Shell may be completely concealed by mid-mantle folds, which anteriorly extend beyond the shell to form a wide inhalant-pedal gape. The small posterior exhalant siphon is low and conical. Each opening is dorsally guarded by an unpaired siphonal tentacle, longer or stouter than any other tentacle present. The exposed mantle is provided with shorter papillae and/or longer tentacles, many of which are distinctly paired.

Type species: Scintilla philippinensis Deshayes, 1856 (subsequent designation by Stoliczka, 1871).

Remarks

Two species of Scintilla ( S. sannio sp. nov. and S. papillosa sp. nov.) are only provisionally referred to the genus since they do not entirely satisfy the above diagnosis.

SCINTILLA PHILIPPINENSIS DESHAYES, 1856

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Scintilla philippinensis Deshayes, 1856b: 176 . – Adams & Adams, 1857: 480, pl. 115, fig. 4. Sowerby, 1862: 179, pl. 235, figs 31, 32. Sowerby, 1874: species 5, pl. I, fig. 5a, b. Lynge, 1909: 186. Habe, 1977: 151. Morris & Purchon, 1981: 324. Higo, Callomon & Goto, 1999: 460. Higo, Callomon & Goto, 2001: 160, B667.

Scintilla reevei Deshayes, 1856b: 176 (syn. nov.). – Sowerby, 1874: species 4, pl. I, fig. 4a, b.

Material examined

Holotype: BMNH 196745 /1, Island of Cebu, Philippines, SL = 14.1 mm.

Museum material: Holotype of S. reevei: BMNH 196770, Bais, Island of Negros, Philippines, SL = 16.2 mm. BMNH, unregistered: specimens from Port Blair , Andaman Islands ; Pulau Bidang , N of Penang, and Pulau Perhentian, E coast of Malaysia; Pulau Blakang , Mati , Mindanao , Philippines; Trincomalee , Sri Lanka; Krusadai , Gulf of Manaar. ZMUC, unregistered: Koh Kahdat , Gulf of Thailand, one specimen.

New material: Reef off PMBC: 16 and 20 February 1982, eight specimens ; 24 and 26 February 2002, five specimens ; 6 and 9 February 2003, 11 specimens (one of them PMBC 20093 View Materials , the other ten dissected or sectioned) ; Ao Tung Khen: 8 February 2003, one specimen.