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Malletia Des Moulins, 1832

151906  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151906)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Protobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Nuculanida (Order)
  7. Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Malletiidae (Family)
  9. Malletia (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Bathymalletia Kuroda & Habe, 1971 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ctenoconcha Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
Malletia (Malletiella) T. Soot-Ryen, 1957 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Malletia (Pseudomalletia) P. Fischer, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Malletiella T. Soot-Ryen, 1957 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Minormalletia Dall, 1908 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neilo (Pseudomalletia) P. Fischer, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pseudomalletia P. Fischer, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Solenella G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Malletia alata F. R. Bernard, 1989
  2. Species Malletia aoteana (B. A. Marshall, 1978)
  3. Species Malletia arciformis Dall, 1908
  4. Species Malletia arrouana E. A. Smith, 1885
  5. Species Malletia benthima Dall, 1908
  6. Species Malletia brevis E. A. Smith, 1906
  7. Species Malletia chilensis Des Moulins, 1832
  8. Species Malletia conspicua E. A. Smith, 1895
  9. Species Malletia cumingii (Hanley, 1860)
  10. Species Malletia dilatata (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
  11. Species Malletia dunkeri E. A. Smith, 1885
  12. Species Malletia encrypta Prashad, 1932
  13. Species Malletia faba Dall, 1897
  14. Species Malletia galatheae Knudsen, 1970
  15. Species Malletia gigantea (E. A. Smith, 1875)
  16. Species Malletia goniura Dall, 1890
  17. Species Malletia grasslei H. L. Sanders & J. A. Allen, 1985
  18. Species Malletia humilior Prashad, 1932
  19. Species Malletia inaequilateralis Habe, 1951
  20. Species Malletia johnsoni A. H. Clarke, 1961
  21. Species Malletia magellanica (E. A. Smith, 1875)
  22. Species Malletia neptuni Thiele, 1931
  23. Species Malletia pacifica Dall, 1897
  24. Species Malletia pellucida Thiele, 1912
  25. Species Malletia peruviana Dall, 1908
  26. Species Malletia pianii (van Aartsen & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 1991)
  27. Species Malletia sorror (T. Soot-Ryen, 1957)
  28. Species Malletia subaequalis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
  29. Species Malletia surinamensis H. L. Sanders & J. A. Allen, 1985
  30. Species Malletia takaii Okutani, 1968
  31. Species Malletia talama Dall, 1916
  32. Species Malletia tripartita Prashad, 1932
  33. Species Malletia truncata Dall, 1908
  34. Species Malletia tumaquensis Suárez-Mozo, Gracia & Valentich-Scott, 2018
  35. Subgenus Malletia (Malletia) Des Moulins, 1832 accepted as Malletia Des Moulins, 1832
    1. Subgenus Malletia (Malletiella) T. Soot-Ryen, 1957 accepted as Malletia Des Moulins, 1832 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      1. Species Malletia (Malletiella) alata F. R. Bernard, 1989 accepted as Malletia alata F. R. Bernard, 1989
    2. Subgenus Malletia (Minormalletia) Dall, 1908 accepted as Malletia Des Moulins, 1832
      1. Species Malletia (Minormalletia) arciformis Dall, 1908 accepted as Malletia arciformis Dall, 1908 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      2. Species Malletia (Minormalletia) benthima Dall, 1908 accepted as Malletia benthima Dall, 1908 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      3. Species Malletia (Minormalletia) talama Dall, 1916 accepted as Malletia talama Dall, 1916
    3. Subgenus Malletia (Neilo) A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Neilo A. Adams, 1854
      1. Species Malletia (Neilo) carinifera T. Habe, 1951 accepted as Carinineilo carinifera (T. Habe, 1951) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      2. Species Malletia (Neilo) fiora Dall, 1916 accepted as Katadesmia vincula (Dall, 1908) (junior subjective synonym)
    4. Subgenus Malletia (Pseudomalletia) P. Fischer, 1886 accepted as Malletia Des Moulins, 1832 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    5. Subgenus Malletia (Tindaria) Bellardi, 1875 accepted as Tindaria Bellardi, 1875
      1. Species Malletia (Tindaria) acinula Dall, 1890 accepted as Ledella acinula (Dall, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      2. Species Malletia (Tindaria) aeolata Dall, 1890 accepted as Tindariopsis aeolata (Dall, 1890)
      3. Species Malletia (Tindaria) agathida Dall, 1890 accepted as Tindariopsis agathida (Dall, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      4. Species Malletia (Tindaria) amabilis Dall, 1889 accepted as Tindaria cytherea (Dall, 1881)
      5. Species Malletia (Tindaria) cytherea Dall, 1886 accepted as Tindaria cytherea (Dall, 1881)
      6. Species Malletia (Tindaria) kennerlyi Dall, 1897 accepted as Tindaria kennerlyi (Dall, 1897) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      7. Species Malletia (Tindaria) smithii Dall, 1886 accepted as Tindaria smithii (Dall, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      8. Species Malletia (Tindaria) virens Dall, 1890 accepted as Pseudoneilonella virens (Dall, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    6. Species Malletia abyssicola (G. O. Sars, 1872) accepted as Pseudomalletia pianii van Aartsen & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 1991 accepted as Malletia pianii (van Aartsen & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 1991) (unaccepted > unavailable name, name introduces in synonymy and never used as valid; junior primary homonym of Yoldia abyssicola Torell, 1859)
    7. Species Malletia abyssopolaris A. H. Clarke, 1960 accepted as Tindaria derjugini Gorbunov, 1946 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    8. Species Malletia abyssorum A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 accepted as Clencharia abyssorum (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    9. Species Malletia acinula Dall, 1890 accepted as Ledella acinula (Dall, 1890) (original combination)
    10. Species Malletia aeolata Dall, 1890 accepted as Tindariopsis aeolata (Dall, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    11. Species Malletia agathida Dall, 1890 accepted as Tindariopsis agathida (Dall, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    12. Species Malletia amabilis Dall, 1889 accepted as Tindaria cytherea (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    13. Species Malletia angulata G. B. Sowerby III, 1888 accepted as Carinineilo angulata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)
    14. Species Malletia bermudensis F. Haas, 1949 accepted as Katadesmia polita (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898)
    15. Species Malletia carinifera T. Habe, 1951 accepted as Carinineilo carinifera (T. Habe, 1951) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    16. Species Malletia concentrica Thiele, 1912 accepted as Tindaria concentrica (Thiele, 1912) (original combination)
    17. Species Malletia cuneata E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Tindaria smithii (Dall, 1886) (invalid: junior homonym of Malletia cuneata Jeffreys, 1876; Malletia (Tindaria) smithii Dall, 1886 is a replacement name)
    18. Species Malletia cuneata Jeffreys, 1876 accepted as Katadesmia cuneata (Jeffreys, 1876) (superseded combination)
    19. Species Malletia cytherea Dall, 1886 accepted as Tindaria cytherea (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    20. Species Malletia derjugini (Gorbunov, 1946) accepted as Tindaria derjugini Gorbunov, 1946 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    21. Species Malletia erronea Prashad, 1932 accepted as Malletia neptuni Thiele, 1931
    22. Species Malletia estheriopsis Barnard, 1963 accepted as Malletia johnsoni A. H. Clarke, 1961
    23. Species Malletia fiora Dall, 1916 accepted as Katadesmia vincula (Dall, 1908) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    24. Species Malletia gibbsii Dall, 1897 accepted as Neilonella gibbsii (Dall, 1897)
    25. Species Malletia hyadesi Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 accepted as Malletia subaequalis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
    26. Species Malletia inequalis Dall, 1908 accepted as Malletia chilensis Des Moulins, 1832
    27. Species Malletia kennerlyi Dall, 1897 accepted as Tindaria kennerlyi (Dall, 1897) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    28. Species Malletia kolthoffi (Hägg, 1904) accepted as Katadesmia kolthoffi (Hägg, 1904)
    29. Species Malletia magellanica [sic] sensu Dall, 1908 accepted as Malletia subaequalis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
    30. Species Malletia malita H. L. Sanders & J. A. Allen, 1985 accepted as Katadesmia malita (H. L. Sanders & J. A. Allen, 1985)
    31. Species Malletia obtusa (G. O. Sars, 1872) accepted as Malletia pianii (van Aartsen & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 1991) (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior primary homonym of Yoldia obtusa Gould, 1861; Pseudomalletia pianii Van Aartsen & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 1991 is a replacement name)
    32. Species Malletia obtusata [sic] accepted as Malletia obtusa (G. O. Sars, 1872) accepted as Malletia pianii (van Aartsen & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 1991) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
    33. Species Malletia pallida E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Katadesmia pallida (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
    34. Species Malletia patagonica Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 accepted as Malletia subaequalis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
    35. Species Malletia perrieri Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897 accepted as Tindaria perrieri (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
    36. Species Malletia polita A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 accepted as Katadesmia polita (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    37. Species Malletia sabrina Hedley, 1916 accepted as Yoldiella sabrina (Hedley, 1916) (superseded combination)
    38. Species Malletia sansibarica Thiele, 1931 accepted as Katadesmia sansibarica (Thiele, 1931)
    39. Species Malletia smithii Dall, 1886 accepted as Tindaria smithii (Dall, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    40. Species Malletia sumatrensis Thiele, 1931 accepted as Neilonella sumatrensis (Thiele, 1931)
    41. Species Malletia taliensis (T. C. Lan & Y.-C. Lee, 2001) accepted as Malletia encrypta Prashad, 1932
    42. Species Malletia veneriformis E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Tindaria cytherea (Dall, 1881) (junior synonym)
    43. Species Malletia virens Dall, 1890 accepted as Pseudoneilonella virens (Dall, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
    recent + fossil
    feminine
    Des Moulins, C. (1832). Description d'une nouveau genre de coquille vivant, bivalve, des mers du Chili. <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 5: 83-92., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32927041 [details] 
    MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Malletia Des Moulins, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151906 on 2025-07-02
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    Nomenclature

    original description Des Moulins, C. (1832). Description d'une nouveau genre de coquille vivant, bivalve, des mers du Chili. <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 5: 83-92., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32927041 [details] 

    original description (of Solenella G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) 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.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 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]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
    page(s): 197 [details] 

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

    original description (of Malletiella T. Soot-Ryen, 1957) Soot-Ryen T. (1957). Preliminary diagnoses of new genera and species of pelecypods from Chile. <em>Astarte.</em> 16: 1-5.
    page(s): 1 [details] 

    original description (of Malletia (Minormalletia) Dall, 1908) 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. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28878051 [details] 

    original description (of Malletia (Pseudomalletia) P. Fischer, 1886) Fischer, P. (1880-1887). <i>Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.</i>. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls. [1: 1-112, 21 September 1880; 2: 113-192, 16 March 1881; 3: 193-304, 28 July 1881; 4: 305-416, 5 May 1882; 5: 417-512, 21 February 1883; 6: 513-608, 20 December 1883; 7: 609-688, 30 June 1884; 8: 689-784, 29 January 1885; 9: 785-896, 31 August 1885; 10: 897-1008, 30 April 1886; 11: 1009-1369, 15 June 1887]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47340
    page(s): 987 [details] 

    basis of record 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] 

    Taxonomy

    redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details] 

    Other

    context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details] 

    additional source Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
    page(s): 168 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

    		 
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