Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Pterioida > Superfamily Pterioidea > Family Malleidae > Genus Malleus

Malleus candeanus (d'Orbigny, 1853)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Malleus*	Lamarck, 1799	accepted genus name
*Malvufundus*	de Gregorio, 1885	synonym

Species group names

*Avicula candeana*	d'Orbigny, 1853	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg
additional source	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.
status source	Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 342.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
Barcode of Life
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Huber, M. (2014). Malleus candeanus. 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:420738