RAS taxon details
Malletia chilensis Des Moulins, 1832
506226 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506226)
accepted
Species
Malletia inequalis Dall, 1908 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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
page(s): 90_92, figs 1-8 [details]
page(s): 90_92, figs 1-8 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Malletia chilensis Des Moulins, 1832. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506226 on 2026-07-16
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Malletia chilensis Des Moulins, 1832. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506226 on 2026-07-16
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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
page(s): 90_92, figs 1-8 [details]
original description (of Malletia inequalis 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
page(s): 383 [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]
basis of record Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 73, pl. 24 [details]
page(s): 90_92, figs 1-8 [details]
original description (of Malletia inequalis 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
page(s): 383 [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]
basis of record Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 73, pl. 24 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Malacopics (Malletia chilensis Desmoulins,1832 Chile, Biobio, Concepción, San Vicente)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Malletia inequalis Holotype USNM 193349) (from synonym Malletia inequalis Dall, 1908)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Malletia inequalis Dall, 1908)
To Malacopics (Malletia chilensis Desmoulins,1832 Chile, Biobio, Concepción, San Vicente)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Malletia inequalis Holotype USNM 193349) (from synonym Malletia inequalis Dall, 1908)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Malletia inequalis Dall, 1908)
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Hosted externally
Hosted externally, from synonym
