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Ctenoconcha J. E. Gray, 1840

AphiaID

516044 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:516044)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Malletia Des Moulins, 1832

Rank

Genus

Parent

Malletiidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 [1846]

Original name

Ctenoconcha J. E. Gray, 1840

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Species Ctenoconcha navicula Valenciennes, 1846 accepted as Neilo australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) (junior subjective synonym)
Species Ctenoconcha nuculoides Valenciennes, 1846 accepted as Malletia chilensis Des Moulins, 1832

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum. ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287672
page(s): 135, 150 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ctenoconcha J. E. Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=516044 on 2026-09-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-10 12:28:10Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-17 08:35:07Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2023-03-03 09:22:29Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

2026-05-14 00:47:48Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum. ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287672
page(s): 135, 150 [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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy 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]

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