Scintilla thalassemicola (Habe, 1962)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Achasmea thalassemicola Habe, 1962; Sagamiscintilla thalassemicola (Habe, 1962)

Conservation Status

Last record: 1962 or before (Habe 1962; Goto & Ishikawa, 2019)

Rediscovered in: 2018 or before [date not specified] (Goto & Ishikawa, 2019)

Was considered possibly extinct by (Wada et al., 1996 fide Goto & Ishikawa, 2018) prior to its rediscovery (Goto & Ishikawa, 2019).

Distribution

Japan

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Habe, T. (1962). Achasmea thalassemicola sp. nov., a new commensal bivalve found in an echiuroid, Thalassema mucosum Ikeda. Venus 22: 117-119. [Abstract]

Other references:

Goto, Ryutaro and Ishikawa, Hiroshi. (2019). An unusual habitat for bivalves: rediscovery of the enigmatic commensal clam Sagamiscintilla thalassemicola (Habe, 1962) (Bivalvia: Galeommatoidea) from spoon worm’s spoon. Marine Biodiversity 49: 1553-1558. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-018-0897-2

Goto, Ryutaro, Sato, T., Nakajima, H., Sugiyama, T. and Ishikawa, H. (2023). Latitudinal shift of the associated hosts in Sagamiscintilla thalassemicola (Galeommatoidea: Galeommatidae), a rare ectosymbiotic bivalve that lives on the proboscis of echiuran worms. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 103: e94. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315423000772

Habe, T. (1981). A catalogue of molluscs of Wakayama Prefecture, the province of Kii 1. Bivalvia, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab. Spec. Publ. Ser. 7: 1-303.

Higo, S., Callomon, P. and Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan. 749 pp.

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Sagamiscintilla thalassemicola (Habe, 1962). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592683on 2024-02-06

Wada, K., Nishihira, M., Furota, T., Nojima, S., Yamanishi, R., Nishikawa, T., Goshima, S., Suzuki, T., Kato, M., Shimamura, K. and Fukuda, H. (1996). Present status of estuarine locales and benthic invertebrates occurring in estuarine environment in Japan. WWF Jpn. Sci. Rep. 3: 1-182.

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