OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Galeommatidae 

Scintillona Finlay, 1927

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Scintillona Finlay, 1926
   Varotoga Iredale, 1931

Included taxa

   Scintillona hyalina (Deshayes, 1856)
   Scintillona cryptozoica (Hedley, 1917)
   Scintillona stigmatica (PILSBRY, 1921-a)
   Scintillona brissae Morton & Scott, 1989

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales

References

 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.21 [ as Varotoga ]  General reference
 Moore, R.C. 1969. p.N536 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Galeommatoidea
                  Galeommatidae Gray, 1840
                    Scintillona Finlay, 1927

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=18350) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by bouchet genera on 2002-07-16.