Malletia chilensis des Moulins 1832 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Belongs to Malletia according to S. N. Nielson and C. Valdovinos 2008
See also Frassinetti and Covacevich 1995 and Spencer et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Malletia abrupta, Malletia evansi, Malletia galatheae, Malletia leanzai, Malletia rudis, Malletia sabrina, Malletia tsubetsuensis, Perissonota littlei, Perissonota protexta, Pseudomalletia obtusa, Minormalletia nasuta, Minormalletia simia, Solenella subaequalis, Solenella transversa
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Las Peñas [Tubul Fm] (Quaternary of Chile)
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