Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Protobranchia > Order Nuculanida > Superfamily Nuculanoidea > Family Malletiidae

Katadesmia Dall, 1908

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Yoldia (Katadesmia) Dall, 1908 synonym

Children

Katadesmia cuneata (Jeffreys, 1876)
Katadesmia kolthoffi (Hägg, 1904)
Katadesmia polita (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898)

Literature

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.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Katadesmia Dall, 1908. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138163

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2021-08-15 by Philippe Bouchet

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