WoRMS taxon details

Scintilla compta G. B. Sowerby III, 1897

572205  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:572205)

accepted
Species
Scintilla ovalis W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). <i>Appendix to marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>. London: G.B. Sowerby, 42 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297112
page(s): 26, pl. 6, fig. 28. [details]   
Type locality contained in Durban  
type locality contained in Durban [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Scintilla compta G. B. Sowerby III, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572205 on 2024-04-24
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original description Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). <i>Appendix to marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>. London: G.B. Sowerby, 42 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297112
page(s): 26, pl. 6, fig. 28. [details]   

original description  (of Scintilla turtoni Bartsch, 1915) Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum.</em> 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699
page(s): 196, pl. 45, fig. 3; pl. 49, figs 4, 5. [details]   

original description  (of Scintilla ovalis W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 237, pl. 67, sp. 1654. [details]   

additional source Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves</i> 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 1-907, Excel listing of species. [details]   

identification resource Kilburn R.N. (1973). The type material of South African marine Mollusca in the Natal Museum collection. Part 1. Bivalvia. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):697-711. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality