Taxon profile
species
Malletia faba W. H. Dall, 1897
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Bivalvia - bivalves » order Nuculanida » family Malletiidae » genus Malletia
ID: 526551
pID: 526529
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-07-14 21:32:56 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-02-21 21:56:09
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id526551/
Text function: [[t:526551;<em>Malletia faba</em>]]
[[t:526551;<em>Malletia faba</em>]] W. H. Dall, 1897
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id526551/"><em>Malletia faba</em></a>
pID: 526529
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-07-14 21:32:56 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-02-21 21:56:09
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id526551/
Text function: [[t:526551;<em>Malletia faba</em>]]
[[t:526551;<em>Malletia faba</em>]] W. H. Dall, 1897
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id526551/"><em>Malletia faba</em></a>
Images
Author: Coan, E. et al.
Taxon in country check-lists*
Pacific Ocean, North America: Canada, Mexico, United States of America (California, Oregon, Washington)
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 128831
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2023-12-08 21:12:04 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:526551,textblock=128831,elang=EN;Description]]
Text ID: 128831
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2023-12-08 21:12:04 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:526551,textblock=128831,elang=EN;Description]]
Shell ovate-elongate, inflated; anterior end rounded; posterior end longer, broadly rounded; posterodorsal margin slightly convex. Periostracum brilliantly polished, yellowish. Posterior series of hinge teeth approximately three times number of anterior series. Pallial sinus deep. Length to 35 mm.
South of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia (51.4°N) [USNM], to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur (22.9°N) [CAS], in 200 - 1,600 m.
South of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia (51.4°N) [USNM], to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur (22.9°N) [CAS], in 200 - 1,600 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 faba Dall, 1897]Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013