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Taxonomy
Family:
GALEOMMATIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Galeommatidae (Family)
> Scintilla (Genus)
> stevensoni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lactemiles Iredale, 1931
=Scintillorbis Kuroda & Habe, 1971
Images: Scintilla stevensoni Powell, 1932
Collected Feb 1985, Moturoa Island, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ (M.319852). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
GALEOMMATIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Galeommatidae (Family)
> Scintilla (Genus)
> stevensoni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lactemiles Iredale, 1931
=Scintillorbis Kuroda & Habe, 1971
Details: Scintilla stevensoni Powell, 1932
Size/Grows to:
Width 7mm, Height 4mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Great Barrier Island. Under stones and in rock crevices at and below low tide, from 0-30m
Type Data:
  • Oruawharo Bay, Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.213)
  • Morley, M.S. Jul/1986 The Climbing Bivalve, Poirieria, 15(2) (p.2)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.398)
  • Warren, T.P. Dec/1962 Scintilla stevensoni, Poirieria, 1(2) (p.22)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1932 On some New Zealand pelecypods, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 20 (p.65) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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