WoRMS taxon details
Malleus malleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
507055 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507055)
accepted
Species
Himantopoda vulgaris Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted
Malleus vulgaris Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted
Ostrea malleus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Ostrea malleus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Malleus malleus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507055 on 2026-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ostrea malleus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Himantopoda vulgaris Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]original description (of Himantopoda vulgaris Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). <i>BMC Evolutionary Biology</i> 10: 342., available online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2148-10-342.pdf [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Tsi, C. Y. & Ma, S. T. (1982). A preliminary checklist of the marine gastropoda and Bivalvia (Mollusca) of Hong Kong and southern China. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 1, pp431-458. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | common hammer-oyster | [details] |
| German | Schwarze HammermuschelHäufige Hammermuschel | [details] |
| Japanese | クロシュミセン | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (144 publications) (from synonym Malleus vulgaris Lamarck, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malleus malleus)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Ostrea malleus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Malleus malleus (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Malleus vulgaris Lamarck, 1801)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (144 publications) (from synonym Malleus vulgaris Lamarck, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malleus malleus)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Ostrea malleus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Malleus malleus (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Malleus vulgaris Lamarck, 1801)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
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