MSBIAS taxon details
Malletia Des Moulins, 1832
151906 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151906)
accepted
Genus
- Species Malletia johnsoni A. H. Clarke, 1961
- Species Malletia pianii (van Aartsen & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 1991)
- Species Malletia abyssorum A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 accepted as Clencharia abyssorum (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Malletia cuneata Jeffreys, 1876 accepted as Katadesmia cuneata (Jeffreys, 1876) (superseded combination)
- Species Malletia obtusa (G. O. Sars, 1872) accepted as Malletia pianii (van Aartsen & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 1991) (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior primary homonym of Yoldia obtusa Gould, 1861; Pseudomalletia pianii Van Aartsen & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 1991 is a replacement name)
- Species Malletia polita A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 accepted as Katadesmia polita (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Des Moulins, C. (1832). Description d'une nouveau genre de coquille vivant, bivalve, des mers du Chili. <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 5: 83-92., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32927041 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Malletia Des Moulins, 1832. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151906 on 2025-06-01
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Malletia Des Moulins, 1832. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151906 on 2025-06-01
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Des Moulins, C. (1832). Description d'une nouveau genre de coquille vivant, bivalve, des mers du Chili. <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 5: 83-92., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32927041 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 77 [details]
additional source Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 168 [details] Available for editors
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. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 77 [details]
additional source Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 168 [details] Available for editors
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. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
