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

Malletia obtusa (Sars G. O., 1872)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Yoldia obtusa*	G.O. Sars, 1872	basionym
*Malletia obtusata*		orthographic variant
*Malletia obtusata*		synonym
*Pseudomalletia obtusa*	(Sars G. O., 1872)	synonym
*Pseudomalletia pianii*	Van Aartsen & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 1991	synonym
*Yoldia obtusa*	G.O. Sars, 1872	synonym

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1872). On some remarkable forms of animal life from the great deeps off the Norwegian coast. Part 1, partly from posthumous manuscripts of the late prof. Mich. Sars. University Program for the 1rs half-year 1869. Brøgger & Christie, Christiania viii + 82 pp., pls 1-6.
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	Abbott R. T. (1974) American seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Huber, M.; Gofas, S. (2014). Malletia obtusa (Sars G. O., 1872). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151910