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Malletia

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2285471	https://www.gbif.org/species/2285471
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16071	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16071

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Malletia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Protobranchia	Pelseneer 1889
superorder	Nuculaniformii	Carter et al. 2000
order	Nuculanida
superfamily	Nuculanoidea	Adams and Adams 1858
subfamily	Malletiinae	Adams and Adams 1858
genus	Malletia	Desmoulins 1832

Scientific Name

Malletia Desmoulins, 1832

Name Published In

Desmoulins C. (1832). Description d'une nouveau genre de coquille vivant, bivalve, des mers du Chile. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 5 (26): 83-92 [febbraio]

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Malletia	genus	belongs to Nuculanidae	stated with evidence	Grant and Gale, 1931
Malletia	genus	belongs to Malletiinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Malletia	genus	belongs to Malletiinae	stated without evidence	Coan et al., 2000
Malletia	genus	belongs to Nuculoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Malletia	genus	belongs to Malletiinae	stated without evidence	Spencer et al., 2004

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (36%)

First Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Nuculanoidea)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Nuculanoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Malletia abrupta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Malletia alata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia aoteana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia arciformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia arrouana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia bangouensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia benthima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia brevis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia californica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia chehalisensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia chilensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Malletia conspicua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia cumingii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia dilatata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia dunkeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia encrypta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia faba species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia galatheae species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Malletia gigantea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia goniura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia grasslei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia humilior species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia inaequilateralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia inequalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia johnsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia magellanica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia nasuta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Malletia neptuni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia obtusa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Malletia pacifica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia packardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia pellucida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia peruviana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia pseudopraecursor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia raulini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia sabrina ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Malletia simia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	21.7 Ma Miocene
Malletia sorror species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia subaequalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia surinamensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia takaii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia talama species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia taliensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia tenera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia tripartita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia truncata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Malletia tumaquensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucula abrupta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perissonota littlei species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Perissonota protexta species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Solenella subaequalis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Mulidentata Kristofovich, 1964	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : *Mulidentata*
Bathymalletia Kuroda & Habe, 1971	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : *Bathymalletia*
Malletiella Soot-Ryen, 1957	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : *Malletiella*
Ctenoconcha Gray, 1840	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : *Ctenoconcha*
Solenella G.B.Sowerby I, 1833	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : *Solenella*
Pseudomalletia P.Fischer, 1886	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : *Pseudomalletia*
Mallettia Kuroda, 1929	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : *Mallettia*
Minormalletia Dall, 1908	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : *Minormalletia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1832	Malletia des Moulins
1833	Solenella Sowerby
1886	Pseudomalletia Fischer p. 987
1908	Minormalletia Dall
1931	Malletia Grant and Gale p. 132
1957	Malletiella Soot-Ryen
1964	Mulidentata Kristofovich
1971	Bathymalletia Kuroda and Habe
1980	Malletia Vokes p. 3
1980	Bathymalletia Vokes p. 221

Year	Name and Author
1992	Pseudomalletia Maxwell p. 60
1995	Malletia Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 50
2000	Malletia Coan et al. p. 99
2001	Malletia Todd
2002	Malletia Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Malletia Spencer et al.
2004	Pseudomalletia Spencer et al.
2006	Malletia Mikkelsen
2008	Malletia Nielson and Valdovinos p. 205
2010	Malletia Bouchet et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Grant U. S., Gale H. R. (1931) Catalogue of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California, Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 1, 1-1036

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Maxwell P. A. (1992) Eocene Mollusca from the vicinity of McCulloch's Bridge, Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand: Paleoecology and systematics, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 65, 1-280

Frassinetti D., Covacevich V (1995) Moluscos del Plioceno Superior marino de Isla Guamblín Archípelago de los Chonos, sur de Chile, Revista Geológica de Chile 22 1, 47-73

Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

Spencer H. G., Willan R. C., et al (2004) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca described from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, [http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/index.html]

Mikkelsen P. M. (2006) Western Atlantic Bivalves [http://peet.amnh.org/Western_Atlantic_Bivalves.html]

Nielson S. N., Valdovinos C. (2008) Early Pleistocene mollusks of the Tubul Formation, south-central Chile, The Nautilus 122 4, 201-216

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Ruppert et al., 2004 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Des Moulins, C. (1832) Descriptions d'un nouveau genre de Coquille vivante, bivalve, des mers du Chili - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, 5 (26) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (2014) Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

Desmoulins C. (1832). Description d'une nouveau genre de coquille vivant, bivalve, des mers du Chile. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 5 (26): 83-92 [febbraio] - via World Register of Marine Species

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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