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Malletia obtusa (Sars G. O., 1872) 
AphiaID: 151910

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Protobranchia (Subclass) > Nuculanoida (Order) > Nuculanoidea (Superfamily) > Malletiidae (Family) > Malletia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Malletia Desmoulins, 1832
Synonymised
taxa
  Malletia obtusata (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Pseudomalletia obtusa (Sars G. O., 1872)
Pseudomalletia pianii Van Aartsen & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 1991
Yoldia abyssicola G. O. Sars, 1872 (invalid: junior homonym of Yoldia abyssicola Gould, 1861; Pseudomalletia pianii is a replacement name)
Yoldia obtusa G. O. Sars, 1872 (original combination)
Sources  original description: Sars, G.O. (1872). On some remarkable forms of animal life from the great deeps off the Norwegian coast. Part 1, partly from posthumous manuscripts of the late prof. Mich. Sars. University Program for the 1rs half-year 1869. Brøgger & Christie, Christiania viii + 82 pp., pls 1-6. [details]

basis of record: Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.  [details]

additional source: Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Schiaparelli, Stefano (2006). Bivalvi, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana., available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Gofas, Serge (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Histroical benthic dredge samples from the southern baltic and the North (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Atlantic [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Note  Distribution: off Massachusetts to North Carolina [details]
Image 
Malletia obtusa
Malletia obtusa
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151910
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-07 12:32:21Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-08-29 07:13:38Z  checked  Gofas, Serge
2010-09-23 10:34:21Z  changed  Huber, Markus
2010-09-23 10:44:16Z  changed  Huber, Markus
2012-06-21 23:44:14Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Huber, M.; Gofas, S. (2013). Malletia obtusa (Sars G. O., 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151910 on 2013-05-18
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