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Family: Galeommatidae (See list of species below)

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63 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Aclistothyra atlantica [Atlantic galeommatid]	No picture found Aclistothyra orientalis []	No picture found Amphilepida aurantia []
No picture found Chlamydoconcha avalvis []	No picture found Cymatioa bibsae []	No picture found Cymatioa cooki []
No picture found Cymatioa electilis [Wavy-edged kellyclam]	No picture found Divariscintilla cordiformis [Heart-shaped galeommatid]	No picture found Divariscintilla luteocrinita [Yellow-tentacled galeommatid]
No picture found Divariscintilla maoria []	No picture found Divariscintilla octotentaculata [Eight-tentacle galeommatid]	No picture found Divariscintilla troglodytes [Hole-dwelling galeommatid]
No picture found Divariscintilla yoyo [Yoyo galeommatid]	No picture found Ephippodonta gigas []	No picture found Ephippodonta oedipus []
No picture found Galeomma ambigua []	No picture found Galeomma layardi []	No picture found Galeomma macrochisma []
No picture found Galeomma obockensis []	No picture found Galeomma phuketi []	No picture found Galeomma politum []
No picture found Galeomma pulchra []	No picture found Galeomma sagenata []	No picture found Galeomma takii []
No picture found Galeomma turtoni []	No picture found Lionelita nuculoides []	No picture found Nudiscintilla glabra []
No picture found Pseudogaleomma castanea []	No picture found Pseudogaleomma japonica []	No picture found Pythina deshayesiana []
No picture found Scintilla agilis []	Scintilla anomala []	No picture found Scintilla brissae []
No picture found Scintilla cuvieri []	No picture found Scintilla dubia []	No picture found Scintilla eburnea []
No picture found Scintilla hiloa []	No picture found Scintilla imperatoris []	No picture found Scintilla larcombae []
No picture found Scintilla longitentaculata []	No picture found Scintilla lynchae []	No picture found Scintilla macrodactylus []
No picture found Scintilla minor []	No picture found Scintilla mortoni []	No picture found Scintilla nitidella []
No picture found Scintilla opalinus []	No picture found Scintilla ovalis []	No picture found Scintilla ovulina []
No picture found Scintilla papillosa []	No picture found Scintilla philippinensis []	No picture found Scintilla pisum []
No picture found Scintilla sannio []	No picture found Scintilla siamense []	No picture found Scintilla solidula []
No picture found Scintilla stevensoni []	Scintilla timorensis []	No picture found Scintilla unicornia []
No picture found Scintilla verrucosa []	No picture found Scintilla violescens []	No picture found Scintillona bellerophon [Sea-cucumber galeommatid]
No picture found Scintillona zelandica []	No picture found Scintillula solida []	No picture found Vasconiella jeffreysiana []

63 Species of Family Galeommatidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Aclistothyra atlantica	Atlantic galeommatid	Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Aclistothyra orientalis		Eastern Indian Ocean	1 SHL
Amphilepida aurantia		Indo-Pacific.	0.97 TL
Chlamydoconcha avalvis		Western Atlantic.	0.37 DL
Cymatioa bibsae		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Cymatioa cooki		Eastern Central Pacific
Cymatioa electilis	Wavy-edged kellyclam	Eastern Pacific.
Divariscintilla cordiformis	Heart-shaped galeommatid	Western Central Atlantic	0.64 DL
Divariscintilla luteocrinita	Yellow-tentacled galeommatid	Western Central Atlantic	0.55 DL
Divariscintilla maoria		Southwest Pacific
Divariscintilla octotentaculata	Eight-tentacle galeommatid	Western Central Atlantic	0.53 DL
Divariscintilla troglodytes	Hole-dwelling galeommatid	Western Central Atlantic	0.59 DL
Divariscintilla yoyo	Yoyo galeommatid	Western Central Atlantic	0.39 DL
Ephippodonta gigas		Indo-West Pacific	1.9 SHL
Ephippodonta oedipus		Northwest Pacific
Galeomma ambigua		Indo-West Pacific.	1.72 SHL
Galeomma layardi		Indo-West Pacific.	0.82 SHL
Galeomma macrochisma		Eastern Central Pacific
Galeomma obockensis		Indian Ocean	1.31 SHL
Galeomma phuketi		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.6 SHL
Galeomma politum		Northwest Pacific and Med
Galeomma pulchra		Western Indian Ocean
Galeomma sagenata		Western Indian Ocean	0.481 SHL
Galeomma takii		Northwest Pacific
Galeomma turtoni		Mediterranean Sea
Lionelita nuculoides		Indo-West Pacific
Nudiscintilla glabra		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.68 SHL
Pseudogaleomma castanea		Eastern Central Pacific
Pseudogaleomma japonica		Indo-West Pacific. Tropi	1.02 SHL
Pythina deshayesiana		Northwest Pacific
Scintilla agilis		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.61 SHL
Scintilla anomala		Indo- Pacific	1.082 SHL
Scintilla brissae		Western Pacific
Scintilla cuvieri		Indo- West Pacific	1.9 SHL
Scintilla dubia		Eastern Indian Ocean and	0.73 SHL
Scintilla eburnea		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Scintilla hiloa		Eastern Central Pacific
Scintilla imperatoris		Indo- West Pacific
Scintilla larcombae		Western Indian Ocean	0.329 TL
Scintilla longitentaculata		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.55 SHL
Scintilla lynchae		Western Indian Ocean	1 TL
Scintilla macrodactylus		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.46 SHL
Scintilla minor		Eastern Indian Ocean
Scintilla mortoni		Eastern Indian Ocean
Scintilla nitidella		Indo- Pacific.
Scintilla opalinus		Western Pacific.
Scintilla ovalis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Scintilla ovulina		Indo-West Pacific	1.07 SHL
Scintilla papillosa		Eastern Indian Ocean
Scintilla philippinensis		Indo-West Pacific	1.62 SHL
Scintilla pisum		Western Indian Ocean	0.849 TL
Scintilla sannio		Eastern Indian Ocean
Scintilla siamense		Eastern Indian Ocean	1.1 SHL
Scintilla solidula		Western Pacific
Scintilla stevensoni		Southwest Pacific
Scintilla timorensis		Western Pacific
Scintilla unicornia		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.74 SHL
Scintilla verrucosa		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.68 SHL
Scintilla violescens		Indo- West Pacific	0.72 SHL
Scintillona bellerophon	Sea-cucumber galeommatid	Northeast Pacific
Scintillona zelandica		Southwest Pacific
Scintillula solida		Pitcairn Islands.
Vasconiella jeffreysiana		Mediterranean Sea.

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