Scintilla
clam
Family
Galeommatidae
updated May 2020
Where
seen? This tiny clam can move like snails, crawling on a foot holding the shell on its back. It is found under stones, often several together, on many of our shores.
Features: 1-2cm. Shell
oval, thin and white. The mantle sometimes covers the entire
valves. When submerged, little finger-like structures appear
from the mantle. Some have a wide 'foot' created from fused
mantle edges. The foot holds on to a hard surface as
well as to slowly creep about or 'jump' around quickly. |
Sisters Island,
Feb 06 |
Wide
'foot' created from mantle edges.
Terumbu Semakau, Jun 12 |
Cyrene Reef, Jun 12 |
Sembawang, Dec 09
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on flickr. |
Terumbu Bukom, Nov 10
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on his
blog. |
| Scintilla
clams on Singapore shores |
| Other sightings on Singapore shores |
Punggol, Nov 13
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on flickr. |
Pasir Ris Park, Mar 13
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on flickr. |
Changi, Dec 12
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on flickr. |
East Coast Park, Jul 14
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on flickr. |
East Coast Park, May 21
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook. |
Berlayar Creek, Mar 20
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook. |
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Sentosa, Dec 18
Shared by Jianlin Liu on facebook. |
Sentosa, Nov 09
Shared by James Koh on his
blog. |
Sentosa Serapong, Jul 21
Shared by Jianlin LIu on facebook. |
Lazarus Island, Nov 20
Shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook. |
Lazarus Island, Nov 20
Shared by Vincent Choo on facebook. |
Seringat Kias, Jul 11
Shared by Loh Kok Sheng on his
blog. |
Big Sisters Island, Sep 20
Shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook. |
Kusu Island, Jun 21
Shared by Jianlin Liu on facebook. |
Pulau Hantu, Apr 21
Shared by Vincent Choo on facebook. |
Terumbu Bemban, Apr 24
Photo shared by Che Cheng Neo on facebook. |
Beting Bemban Besar, May 17
Photo shared by Toh Chay Hoon on facebook. |
Terumbu Pempang Tengah, May 21
Photo shared by Vincent Choo on facebook. |
Pulau Biola, Jan 22
Shared by Jianlin Liu on facebook. |
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Family
Galeommatidae recorded for Singapore
from
Tan Siong Kiat and Henrietta P. M. Woo, 2010 Preliminary Checklist
of The Molluscs of Singapore.
^from WORMS
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Galeomma
layardi
Galeomma formosa
Galeomma paucistriata
Montacuta sp. (^now in Family Montacutidae)
Scintilla cumingii=^Solecardia eburnea
Scintilla philippinensis
Scintilla rosea
Scintilla timoriensis |
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References
- Tan Siong
Kiat and Henrietta P. M. Woo, 2010 Preliminary
Checklist of The Molluscs of Singapore (pdf), Raffles
Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore.
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