WoRMS name details
Malletia obtusa (G. O. Sars, 1872)
151910 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151910)
unaccepted > junior homonym (junior primary homonym of Yoldia obtusa Gould, 1861; Pseudomalletia pianii Van Aartsen & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 1991 is a replacement name)
Species
Malletia obtusata [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Yoldia obtusa G. O. Sars, 1872) Sars, G.O. (1872). On some remarkable forms of animal life from the great deeps off the Norwegian coast. Part 1, partly from posthumous manuscripts of the late Professor Dr. Michael Sars. University Program for the 1st half-year 1869. <em>Brøgger & Christie, Christiania viii.</em> 82: 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11677777
page(s): 23, pl. 3 fig. 16-20 [details]
page(s): 23, pl. 3 fig. 16-20 [details]
Distribution off Massachusetts to North Carolina
Distribution off Massachusetts to North Carolina [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Malletia obtusa (G. O. Sars, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151910 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Yoldia obtusa G. O. Sars, 1872) Sars, G.O. (1872). On some remarkable forms of animal life from the great deeps off the Norwegian coast. Part 1, partly from posthumous manuscripts of the late Professor Dr. Michael Sars. University Program for the 1st half-year 1869. <em>Brøgger & Christie, Christiania viii.</em> 82: 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11677777
page(s): 23, pl. 3 fig. 16-20 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 23, pl. 3 fig. 16-20 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Janssen, R. & Krylova, E. M. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Bivalvia. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Negri, M. P.; Corselli, C. (2016). Bathyal Mollusca from the cold-water coral biotope of Santa Maria di Leuca (Apulian margin, southern Italy). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4186(1): 1-97., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4186.1.1
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Sanders, H. L.; Allen, J. A. (1985). Studies on deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia): the family Malletiidae. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History (Zoology).</em> 49: 195-238., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2273659 [details]
[request]additional source Negri, M. P.; Corselli, C. (2016). Bathyal Mollusca from the cold-water coral biotope of Santa Maria di Leuca (Apulian margin, southern Italy). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4186(1): 1-97., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4186.1.1
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Sanders, H. L.; Allen, J. A. (1985). Studies on deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia): the family Malletiidae. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History (Zoology).</em> 49: 195-238., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2273659 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution off Massachusetts to North Carolina [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Malletia obtusata [sic])
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malletia obtusa)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Malletia obtusata [sic])
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Malletia obtusata [sic])
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Malletia obtusata [sic])
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malletia obtusa)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Malletia obtusata [sic])
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Malletia obtusata [sic])
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
