Scintilla sp. A

Oliver, P. Graham & Holmes, Anna, 2004, Cryptic bivalves with descriptions of new species from the Rodrigues lagoon, Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3175-3227 : 3205

Scintilla sp. A

( figure 87 )

Material examined. One lv from mud at 2 m in Baie du Nord, NMW.Z.2000.086.00012.

Description. A small left valve, 2.62 6 1.95 mm. Fragile. Inequilateral with beaks slightly in front of midline. Outline roundly oblong with dorsal margins dipping towards beak. Sculpture weak, of concentric lines and infrastructural pitting as seen in S. anomala . Hinge weak. Posterior laterals distant from beak; cardinal c1 indistinct, c2 long and projecting. Shell white in colour.

Remarks. We could find no similar shells amongst the type material of those species described by Deshayes and Sowerby.

Figures

FIGS. 81–88. (81) Scintilla lynchi, NMW.Z.2000.086.00011 [8.98 mm]. (82) Scintilla vitrea, NMW.Z.2000.086.00004 [7.37 mm]. (83) Scintilla larcombei, NMW.Z.2001.061.00028 [3.29 mm]. (84) Scintilla anomala, NMW.Z.2000.086.00007 [9.2mm]. (85) Scintilla pisum, NMW.Z.2001.061.00025 [8.5 mm]. (86) Amphilepida aurantia, NMW.Z.1999.073.00004 [10.1 mm]. (87) Scintilla sp. A, NMW.Z.2000.086.00012 [2.62 mm]. (88) Scintilla sp. B, NMW.Z.2000.086.00013 [14.91 mm]. All external (MontageTM).