Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Ostreida > Superfamily Pterioidea > Family Malleidae > Genus Malleus

Malleus regula (Forsskål, 1775)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Malleus regulus*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Malleus aquatilis*	Reeve, 1858	synonym
*Malleus obvolutus*	de Folin, 1867	synonym
*Malleus panamensis*	Mörch, 1861	synonym
*Malleus rufipunctatus*	Reeve, 1858	synonym
*Malleus vesiculatus*	Reeve, 1858	synonym
*Malvufundus regula*	(Forsskål, 1775)	synonym
*Vulsella nuttalli*	Conrad, 1837	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ニワトリガキ

Literature

additional source	Garzia, M.; Furfaro, G.; Renda, W.; Rosati, A.-M.; Mariottini, P.; Giacobbe, S. (2022). Mediterranean spreading of the bicolor purse oyster, Isognomon bicolor, and the chicken trigger, Malleus sp., vs. the Lessepsian prejudice. Mediterranean Marine Science. 23(4): 777-788.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Malleus regula (Forsskål, 1775). 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:605717

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Occurrence

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No data

Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

annex IV

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Last modified

2022-08-22 by Simon Schneider

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