Taxon profile
species
Malletia alata F. R. Bernard, 1989
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Bivalvia - bivalves » order Nuculanida » family Malletiidae » genus Malletia
ID: 1258418
pID: 526529
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2018-08-29 16:22:12 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-03-02 14:52:13
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1258418/
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[[t:1258418;<em>Malletia alata</em>]] F. R. Bernard, 1989
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1258418/"><em>Malletia alata</em></a>
pID: 526529
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2018-08-29 16:22:12 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-03-02 14:52:13
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1258418/
Text function: [[t:1258418;<em>Malletia alata</em>]]
[[t:1258418;<em>Malletia alata</em>]] F. R. Bernard, 1989
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1258418/"><em>Malletia alata</em></a>
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Author: Coan, E. et al.
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 128830
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2023-12-08 21:09:54 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1258418,textblock=128830,elang=EN;Description]]
Text ID: 128830
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2023-12-08 21:09:54 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1258418,textblock=128830,elang=EN;Description]]
Shell subquadrale, longer posteriorly; umbones wide, not prominent. Posterodorsal margin straight, forming alate process. Anterior margin rounded; posterior margin broadly rounded. Surface polished, with commarginal growth lines; periostracum varnished, iridescent. Posterior series of teeth twice as many as anterior series, larger. Length to 30 mm.
San Diego Trough, California (32.4°N) [LACM], in 1,200 m.
San Diego Trough, California (32.4°N) [LACM], in 1,200 m.
Coan, E. et al., 2000. Bivalve Seashells of Western North America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California.
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Malletia alata Bernard, 1989]Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013