Malletia polita
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Sartori, André F.
creator: Auffenberg, Kurt
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Malletia polita A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Malletia polita A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183259 on 2026-08-29
created: 2005-10-10T18:37:26Z
is replaced by: 506210
modified: 2023-06-18T19:33:03Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Malletia polita A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
accepted name usage ID: 506210
class: Bivalvia
family: Malletiidae
genus: Malletia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1898). Revision of the deep-water Mollusca of the Atlantic coast of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part I. Bivalvia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 20: 775-901, pl. 71-97.
name published in year: 1898
order: Nuculanida
parent name usage ID: 151906
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
specific epithet: polita
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: superseded combination