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

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RAS 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)

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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Katadesmia pallida (E. A. Smith, 1885). Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506207 on 2026-09-01

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Katadesmia pallida (E. A. Smith, 1885). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506207 on 2026-09-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-08-18 08:38:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-15 11:43:10Z

checked

Huber, Markus

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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 (8 publications) (from synonym Malletia pallida E. A. Smith, 1885)