Malletia chilensis
creator: Tran, Bastien
creator: Huber, Markus
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Marshall, Bruce
date: 2026-08-30
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subject: Malletia chilensis Des Moulins, 1832
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Malletia chilensis Des Moulins, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506226 on 2026-08-30
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modified: 2025-05-25T21:58:10Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Malletia chilensis Des Moulins, 1832
class: Bivalvia
family: Malletiidae
genus: Malletia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Des Moulins, C. (1832). Description d'une nouveau genre de coquille vivant, bivalve, des mers du Chili. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 5: 83-92.
name published in: Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833].
name published in: Dall, W. H. (1908). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22.
name published in: Hanley, S. (1860). Monograph of the family Nuculidae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 3 (20): 105–168, pl. 226–230. London, privately published.
name published in: Valenciennes A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839. 4 vols. [Mollusques: pls. 1, 1bis, 2, 2bis, 3, 3bis, 4–24; no text].
name published in year: 1832
name published in year: 1832-1833
name published in year: 1908
name published in year: 1860
name published in year: 1846
order: Nuculanida
parent name usage ID: 151906
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Des Moulins, 1832
specific epithet: chilensis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted