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Malleidae Lamarck, 1818 
AphiaID: 23067

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pterioida (Order) > Pterioidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Pterioidea
Sources  additional source: Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. [details]

redescription: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

taxonomy source: Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 342., available online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2148-10-342.pdf [details]

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 Genus Malleus Lamarck, 1799
Genus Neoaviculovulsa Okutani & Kusakari, 1987

Genus Brevimalleus McLean, 1947 accepted as Malleus Lamarck, 1799
Genus Fundella Gregorio, 1884 accepted as Malleus Lamarck, 1799
Genus Himantopoda Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Malleus Lamarck, 1799
Genus Malleolus Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Malleus Lamarck, 1799
Genus Malvufundus de Gregorio, 1885 accepted as Malleus Lamarck, 1799
Genus Parimalleus Iredale, 1931 accepted as Malleus Lamarck, 1799
Genus Tudes Oken, 1815 accepted as Malleus Lamarck, 1799
Environment marine
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23067
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2010-07-09 11:19:22Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Malleidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23067 on 2013-05-25
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