Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Katadesmia pallida (E. A. Smith, 1885)

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Deep-Sea taxon details

Katadesmia pallida (E. A. Smith, 1885)

AphiaID

506207 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506207)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Katadesmia Dall, 1908

Original name

Malletia pallida E. A. Smith, 1885

Synonymised names

Malletia pallida E. A. Smith, 1885 · unaccepted (original combination)

Nuculana pallida (E. A. Smith, 1885) · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Malletia pallida E. A. Smith, 1885) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 246, pl. 20, figs 8, 8a. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Cape Basin

type locality contained in Cape Basin [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Katadesmia pallida (E. A. Smith, 1885). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506207 on 2025-05-20

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Katadesmia pallida (E. A. Smith, 1885). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506207 on 2025-05-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-08-18 08:38:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-15 11:43:10Z

checked

Huber, Markus

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Malletia pallida E. A. Smith, 1885) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 246, pl. 20, figs 8, 8a. [details]

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nuculana pallida (E. A. Smith, 1885))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Malletia pallida E. A. Smith, 1885)