Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Protobranchia > Order Nuculanoida > Superfamily Nuculanoidea > Family Malletiidae > Genus Malletia

Malletia obtusa (Sars G. O., 1872)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MalletiaDesmoulins, 1832accepted genus name
Pseudomalletia P. Fischer, 1886 synonym

Species group names

Yoldia obtusa G.O. Sars, 1872 basionym
Malletia obtusata orthographic variant
Malletia obtusata synonym
Pseudomalletia obtusa (Sars G. O., 1872) synonym
Pseudomalletia pianii Van Aartsen & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 1991 synonym
Yoldia obtusa G.O. Sars, 1872 synonym

Literature

original description

Sars, G.O. (1872). On some remarkable forms of animal life from the great deeps off the Norwegian coast. Part 1, partly from posthumous manuscripts of the late prof. Mich. Sars. University Program for the 1rs half-year 1869. Brøgger & Christie, Christiania viii + 82 pp., pls 1-6.

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.

additional source

Abbott R. T. (1974) American seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Huber, M.; Gofas, S. (2014). Malletia obtusa (Sars G. O., 1872). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151910

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2012-06-22 by Philippe Bouchet

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