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Malleus

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae

Taxonomy
Malleus was named by Lamarck (1799) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8578]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Malleidae by Vokes (1980), Lamprell and Healy (1998) and Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Malleus Lamarck
1980Malleus Vokes p. 46
1998Malleus Lamprell and Healy p. 110
2010Malleus Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyMalleidaeLamarck 1819
genusMalleusLamarck 1799

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. Malleus Lamarck 1799
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Subg. †Malleus (Malleus) Lamarck 1799
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available