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Malletia

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2285471https://www.gbif.org/species/2285471
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)16071https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16071
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Malletia
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletia
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
orderProtobranchiaPelseneer 1889
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
subfamilyMalletiinaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusMalletiaDesmoulins 1832
Scientific NameMalletia Desmoulins, 1832
Name Published InDesmoulins C. (1832). Description d'une nouveau genre de coquille vivant, bivalve, des mers du Chile. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 5 (26): 83-92 [febbraio]
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Malletiagenusbelongs to Nuculanidaestated with evidenceGrant and Gale, 1931
Malletiagenusbelongs to Malletiinaestated with evidenceVokes, 1980
Malletiagenusbelongs to Malletiinaestated without evidenceCoan et al., 2000
Malletiagenusbelongs to Nuculoidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Malletiagenusbelongs to Malletiinaestated without evidenceSpencer et al., 2004
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)11
Extant Size (PBDB)4 (36%)
First Recorded Appearance254 - 252 Ma
Permian
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Nuculanoidea)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietdeposit feeder (based on Nuculanoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Malletia abrupta
species
listed (PBDB)
Malletia alata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia aoteana
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia arciformis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia arrouana
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia bangouensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia benthima
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia brevis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia californica
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia chehalisensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Malletia chilensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
12.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Malletia conspicua
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia cumingii
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia dilatata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia dunkeri
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia encrypta
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia faba
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Malletia galatheae
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
0 Ma
Extant
Malletia gigantea
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia goniura
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia grasslei
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia humilior
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia inaequilateralis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia inequalis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia johnsoni
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia magellanica
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Malletia nasuta
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
116.0 Ma
Miocene
16.0 Ma
Miocene
Malletia neptuni
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Malletia obtusa
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
0 Ma
Extant
Malletia pacifica
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia packardi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia pellucida
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia peruviana
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia pseudopraecursor
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia raulini
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Malletia sabrina
species
listed (PBDB)328.4 Ma
Oligocene
28.4 Ma
Oligocene
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Malletia simia
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
223.0 Ma
Miocene
21.7 Ma
Miocene
Malletia sorror
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia subaequalis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia surinamensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia takaii
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia talama
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia taliensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia tenera
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia tripartita
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia truncata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Malletia tumaquensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Nucula abrupta
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Perissonota littlei
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Perissonota protexta
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Solenella subaequalis
species
listed (PBDB)328.4 Ma
Oligocene
28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Pseudomalletia P.Fischer, 1886GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Pseudomalletia
Ctenoconcha Gray, 1840GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Ctenoconcha
Malletiella Soot-Ryen, 1957GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Malletiella
Mallettia Kuroda, 1929GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Mallettia
Bathymalletia Kuroda & Habe, 1971GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Bathymalletia
Solenella G.B.Sowerby I, 1833GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Solenella
Minormalletia Dall, 1908GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Minormalletia
Mulidentata Kristofovich, 1964GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Mulidentata

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1832Malletia des Moulins
1833Solenella Sowerby
1886Pseudomalletia Fischer p. 987
1908Minormalletia Dall
1931Malletia Grant and Gale p. 132
1957Malletiella Soot-Ryen
1964Mulidentata Kristofovich
1971Bathymalletia Kuroda and Habe
1980Malletia Vokes p. 3
1980Bathymalletia Vokes p. 221
YearName and Author
1992Pseudomalletia Maxwell p. 60
1995Malletia Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 50
2000Malletia Coan et al. p. 99
2001Malletia Todd
2002Malletia Sepkoski, Jr.
2004Malletia Spencer et al.
2004Pseudomalletia Spencer et al.
2006Malletia Mikkelsen
2008Malletia Nielson and Valdovinos p. 205
2010Malletia Bouchet et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Grant U. S., Gale H. R. (1931) Catalogue of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California, Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 1, 1-1036
Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue
Maxwell P. A. (1992) Eocene Mollusca from the vicinity of McCulloch's Bridge, Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand: Paleoecology and systematics, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 65, 1-280
Frassinetti D., Covacevich V (1995) Moluscos del Plioceno Superior marino de Isla Guamblín Archípelago de los Chonos, sur de Chile, Revista Geológica de Chile 22 1, 47-73
Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764
Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]
Spencer H. G., Willan R. C., et al (2004) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca described from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, [http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/index.html]
Mikkelsen P. M. (2006) Western Atlantic Bivalves [http://peet.amnh.org/Western_Atlantic_Bivalves.html]
Nielson S. N., Valdovinos C. (2008) Early Pleistocene mollusks of the Tubul Formation, south-central Chile, The Nautilus 122 4, 201-216
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201
Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/Ruppert et al., 2004 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Des Moulins, C. (1832) Descriptions d'un nouveau genre de Coquille vivante, bivalve, des mers du Chili - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, 5 (26) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (2014) Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
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. - via World Register of Marine Species
Desmoulins C. (1832). Description d'une nouveau genre de coquille vivant, bivalve, des mers du Chile. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 5 (26): 83-92 [febbraio] - via World Register of Marine Species
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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