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Pseudomalletia obtusa

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Malletia obtusa was named by Sars (1872) [TYPE LOCALITY: Recent, Norway.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Pseudomalletia.

It was recombined as Pseudomalletia obtusa by Fischer (1886).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Malletia obtusa Sars
1886Pseudomalletia obtusa Fischer p. 60

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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)
genusPseudomalletiades Moulins 1832
speciesobtusa(Sars 1872)

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.

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Diagnosis
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