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| Malluvium | |
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| A shell of Malluvium otohimae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hipponicidae |
| Genus: | Malluvium Melvill, 1906 |
| Type species | |
| Capulus lissus E. A. Smith, 1894 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Malluvium is a genus of small sea snails, limpet-like cap snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Hipponicidae, the hoofshells or hoof snails.[1]
Description
[edit](Original description in Latin) This genus is distinguished from Amalthea typica by its completely smooth surface. They are sometimes white, sometimes marked with two or three longitudinal cinnamon or chestnut rays. The aperture is oval or circular and whitish within, with a thin margin and a thin to solid basal lamina.[2]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Malluvium include:
- Malluvium calcareum (Suter, 1909)
- Malluvium devotum (Hedley, 1904)
- Malluvium lissum (E. A. Smith, 1894)
References
[edit]- 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Malluvium. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598660 on 2012-06-27
- ↑ Melvill, J.C. (1906). "Capulus lissus Smith as type of proposed new sugenus (Malluvium) of Amalthea Schumacher". Proceedings of the Malacological Society. 7: 82. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
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