Nomenclature
original description
Takakura, U. (1897). On a new species of Malacobdella. <em>Annotationes zoologicae japonenses.</em> Vol.1, pp. 105-112 and plate 7. [details] 
basis of record
Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
Other
additional source
Kawai, S.; Yamaoka, T. (1940). On Malacobdella japonica Takakura. [In Japanese with English summary]. <em>Zool. Mag.</em> 52:255–259. [details] Available for editors
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biology source
Steksova, V.V. (2004). Invasion of the bivalve Spisula sachalinensis from Aniva Bay, Sakhalin Island, by the nemertean Malacobdella japonica (Takakura, 1897). <em>Tr. Sakhalin. Nauchno-Issled. Inst. Rybn. Khoz. Okeanogr.</em> vol. 6, 297–300. [details] Available for editors
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From editor or global species database
Type locality Kujūkuri, Chiba, Pacific coast of Honshu, Japan [details]
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