Malletiidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
of
bivalves in the
order Nuculanida
Nuculanida is an order of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subclass Protobranchia.
Description
These bivalves are distinguished by the presence of relatively primitive, "protobranchiate" gills. There are a row of s ...
.
Taxonomy
* ''
Adrana''
** ''
Adrana egregia''
(Guppy, 1882)
** ''
Adrana electa''
( A. Adams, 1846)
** ''
Adrana elizabethae''
Ortea & Espinosa, 2001
** ''
Adrana gloriosa''
( A. Adams, 1855)
** ''
Adrana patagonica''
( d’Orbigny, 1846)
** ''
Adrana scaphoides''
Rehder, 1939
** ''
Adrana tellinoides''
G. B. Sowerby I, 1823
* ''
Austrotindaria''
Fleming, 1948
** ''
Austrotindaria benthicola''
Dell, 1956
** ''
Austrotindaria flemingi''
Dell, 1956
** ''
Austrotindaria wrighti''
Fleming, 1948
* ''
Katadesmia''
Dall, 1908
** ''
Katadesmia cuneata''
(Jeffreys, 1876)
** ''
Katadesmia kolthoffi''
Haag, 1904
* ''
Malletia''
des Moulins 1832
** ''
Malletia abyssopolaris''
A. H. Clarke, 1960
** ''
Malletia abyssorum''
A. E. Verrill & Bush
Bush commonly refers to:
* Shrub, a small or medium woody plant
Bush, Bushes, or the bush may also refer to:
People
* Bush (surname), including any of several people with that name
**Bush family, a prominent American family that includes:
*** ...
, 1898
** ''
Malletia bermudensis''
Haas, 1949
** ''
Malletia chilensis''
Moulins, 1832
** ''
Malletia concentrica''
** ''
Malletia cumingii''
(Hanley, 1860)
** ''
Malletia cuneata''
** ''
Malletia dilatata''
Philippi, 1844
** ''
Malletia gigantea''
** ''
Malletia grasslei''
** ''
Malletia hyadesi''
** ''
Malletia inequalis''
** ''
Malletia johnsoni''
** ''
Malletia magellanica''
** ''
Malletia malita''
** ''
Malletia obtusa''
G. O. Sars, 1872
** ''
Malletia pallida''
** ''
Malletia pellucida''
** ''
Malletia polita''
A. E. Verrill & Bush
Bush commonly refers to:
* Shrub, a small or medium woody plant
Bush, Bushes, or the bush may also refer to:
People
* Bush (surname), including any of several people with that name
**Bush family, a prominent American family that includes:
*** ...
, 1898
** ''
Malletia subaequalis''
** ''
Malletia surinamenis''
** ''
Malletia veneriformis''
E. A. Smith, 1885
* ''
Malletiella''
Soot-Ryen 1957
* ''
Minormalletia''
Dall, 1908
* ''
Neilo''
A. Adams, 1854
** ''
Neilo australis''
( Quoy and Gaimard
Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.
Biography
Gaimard was born at Saint-Zacharie on January 31, 1793. He studied medicine at the naval medical school in Toulon, subsequent ...
, 1835)
** ''
Neilo rugata''
Dell, 1956
* ''
Pseudoglomus''
** ''
Pseudoglomus pompholyx''
( Dall, 1890)
* ''
Pseudomalletia''
Fischer, 1886
References
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
Bivalve families
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