Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Galeommatida > Superfamily Galeommatoidea > Family Galeommatidae > Genus Scintilla

Scintilla violescens Kuroda & Iw. Taki, 1961

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scintilla*	Deshayes, 1856	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: イナズママメアゲマキガイ

Literature

original description	Kuroda T. & Taki I. (1961). On a new species of Scintilla (Galeommatidae) from Japan. Venus. 21 (2): 141-142, figs. 1-5.
basis of record	Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
additional source	Albano, P. G.; Steger, J.; Bakker, P. A. J.; Bogi, C.; Bošnjak, M.; Guy-Haim, T.; Huseyinoglu, M. F.; LaFollette, P. I.; Lubinevsky, H.; Mulas, M.; Stockinger, M.; Azzarone, M.; Sabelli, B. (2021). Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification. ZooKeys. 1010: 1-95.
additional source	Okutani T., ed. (2000) Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press. 1173 pp.
redescription	Lützen J. & Nielsen C. 2005. Galeommatid bivalves from Phuket, Thailand. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144(3): 261-308.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scintilla violescens Kuroda & Iw. Taki, 1961. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:592665