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Malletia

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Malletia des Moulins
1833Solenella Sowerby
1886Pseudomalletia Fischer p. 987
1908Minormalletia Dall
1931Malletia Grant, IV and Gale p. 132
1957Malletiella Soot-Ryen
1964Mulidentata Kristofovich
1971Bathymalletia Kuroda and Habe
1980Malletia Vokes p. 3
1980Bathymalletia Vokes p. 221
1983Malletia Moore p. A13
1992Pseudomalletia Maxwell p. 60
1995Malletia Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 50
2000Malletia Coan et al. p. 99
2001Malletia Todd
2002Malletia Sepkoski
2004Malletia Spencer et al.
2004Pseudomalletia Spencer et al.
2006Malletia Mikkelsen
2008Malletia Nielson and Valdovinos p. 205
2010Malletia Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyMalletiidae(Adams and Adams 1858)
genusMalletiades Moulins 1832

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Malletia des Moulins 1832
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†Malletia abrupta Conrad 1848
Malletia chilensis des Moulins 1832
†Malletia evansi Meek and Hayden 1857
Malletia galatheae Knudsen 1970
†Malletia leanzai Camacho 1957
†Malletia rudis Wilckens 1907
†Malletia sabrina Hedley 1916
†Malletia tsubetsuensis Matusubara et al. 2020
†Perissonota littlei Gardner 1916
†Perissonota protexta Conrad 1869
Invalid names: Bathymalletia Kuroda and Habe 1971 [synonym], Malletiella Soot-Ryen 1957 [synonym], Minormalletia Dall 1908 [synonym], Mulidentata Kristofovich 1964 [synonym], Pseudomalletia Fischer 1886 [synonym], Solenella Sowerby 1833 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height19.90

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: deposit feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:26:01
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:26:01
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Holocene or 254.14000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 251.902 Ma

Collections (184 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Russian Federation (Sakha) M. sp. (206757 206758)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Russian Federation M. sp. (124553)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Russian Federation M. sp. (135852 135891 135892)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Hungary M. sp. (125433)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Russian Federation (Siberia) M. taimyrica (64310)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation M. sp. (189639)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Albian125.77 - 110.1China (Heilongjiang) M. sp. (47110)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Japan (Kumamoto) M. higoensis (40601)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Northern Territory) M. sp. (13946)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Argentina M. rudis (235482)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Yoldia evansi (87439)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) M. sp. (6660)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) M. longifrons (7481 7500 7501)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Yoldia evansi (82638)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) M. longifrons (6175) M. longifrons, M. stephensoni (6172 6174) M. longifrons, M. stephensoni, M. protexta (6171 6176)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Yoldia evansi (212997)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) M. longfrons (4101)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) M. longfrons (4269)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Missouri) M. longfrons (4382 4383 4385)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) M. evansi (88510 88511)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Chile (Concepcíon) M. sp. (13309)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) M. longfrons (4364 4365 4368 4369 4370 4374)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) M. longfrons (4411 4418 4421 4422 4425 4426 4427 4435 4436 4440 4441 4443 4445 4446 4447 4448 4453 4454 4455 4456 4457 4458 4459 4466 4467 4488 4490 4491 4499 4536) M. longifrons (5557 7446)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) M. longfrons (4177 4184 4197 4201 4212 4213 4214 4215 4217 4225 4226)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) M. longfrons (4127 4160)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) M. longifrons, M. stephensoni, M. littlei (1312)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Russian Federation (Sakhalin) M. sp. (1353)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) M. longfrons (4390) M. longifrons (1302)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) M. evansi (205541) M. littlei, M. longifrons (1394) M. littlei, M. longifrons, M. stephensoni (1298 1393) M. longfrons (4525 4535 4546 4548 4582 4590 4593 4596 4597 4601 4608 4629) M. longifrons (1296 1299 1300 1301 1392 1395) M. longifrons, M. littlei (1297)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) M. littlei, M. longifrons (1306) M. sp., M. littlei, M. longifrons, M. stephensoni (1308)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) M. evansi (1320)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) M. evansi (1339)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Missouri) M. longifrons (1295)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) M. stephensoni, M. longifrons (1309)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) M. stephensoni (1338)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) M. longifrons, M. stephensoni (1303) M. stephensoni (1304)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany M. multidentata (1390)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) M. littlei, M. stephensoni (1313)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Nigeria M. renniei (1329)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. pencanoides (1371)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66Russian Federation M. convexa (70563)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Russian Federation M. ilyinae (49981)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina M. rudis (99258)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) M. leanzai (210723)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. rudis (235520)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Japan (Hokkaido) M. poronaica (206290)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen M. sp. (226628)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Russian Federation M. onorensis (70564)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Russian Federation M. ilyinae (50129)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Russian Federation M. ilyinae (50126)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Japan (Hokkaido) M. poronaica (103769)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Russian Federation M. ovalis, M. poronaica (50040) M. poronaica (50139)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (California) M. sp. (71161 71173)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Japan M. poronaica (71009 71010 71040)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Pseudomalletia sp. (45037)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Minormalletia sp. nov. (126108)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Oregon) Minormalletia sp. (201483 201484)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation M. carinata, M. kamtschatica, M. inermis (49975) M. epikorniana, M. inermis (49980)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Russian Federation M. poronaica (49974)
Rupelian - Aquitanian33.9 - 20.45Russian Federation M. ovalis, M. inermis, M. korsakovi (50079)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Russian Federation M. inermis, M. kitaensis, M. korsakovi, M. poronaica (70475) M. longa, M. kitaensis (70527) M. onorensis (70459 70521)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45Russian Federation M. korsakovi, M. inermis (50123)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Antarctica Malletia indet., Yoldiella sabrina (181577) M. subaequalis (181596) Yoldiella sabrina, M. subaequalis (181567 181568)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Japan (Hokkaido) M. tsubetsuensis (219254)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation M. wajampolkensis (50041)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98New Zealand (Waikato) Minormalletia simia (45009)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Japan (Nagano) Bathymalletia inermis (51576) Bathymalletia inermis, Bathymalletia sp. (51577)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Japan M. poronaica (70387 70595)
Aquitanian - Serravallian23.04 - 11.63Russian Federation M. inermis (50171)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand Minormalletia simia (67826)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan (Toyama) Bathymalletia inermis (219252)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63New Zealand (Hawke's Bay) Minormalletia nasuta (45181)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation M. armudanensis (70532) M. kurasiensis (70476 70567)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Chile M. sp. (78554)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Holy See (Vatican City State) Solenella transversa (209253)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Japan (Shizuoka) Bathymalletia inaequilateralis (179928)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan M. inaequilateralis (45526) M. inequilateralis (45528) M. inermis (97076 97078 97081)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan M. inermis (97077)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Chile M. chilensis (89241)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antarctica M. pellucida (215322)