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

Malletia johnsoni A. H. Clarke, 1961

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Malletia*	Desmoulins, 1832	accepted genus name
*Malletia (Pseudomalletia)*	P. Fischer, 1886	synonym
*Pseudomalletia*	P. Fischer, 1886	synonym

Literature

original description	Clarke, A. H., Jr. (1961). Abyssal mollusks from the South Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. 125(12): 345-387, pl. 1-4.
basis of record	Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Sanders, H. L.; Allen, J. A. (1985). Studies on deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia): the family Malletiidae. Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History (Zoology). 49: 195-238.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Malletia johnsoni A. H. Clarke, 1961. 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:183258