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Malletia dilatata

Status not recordedmolluscs

Malletia dilatata is a species in the family Malletiidae, order Nuculanida.

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Quick facts about Malletia dilatata

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Malletia dilatata live?

Not recorded

Is Malletia dilatata endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Malletia dilatata classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderNuculanida
  5. familyMalletiidae
  6. genusMalletia
  7. SpeciesMalletia dilatata (R. A. Philippi, 1844)

Synonyms Malletia dilatatae, Neilo dilatata, Nucula dilatata, Nucula dilatatae

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Malletia dilatata

Other species in the same genus Malletia.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Malletia dilatata?

Malletia dilatata (Malletia dilatata) belongs to the family Malletiidae in the order Nuculanida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Malletia dilatata (Malletia dilatata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/malletia-dilatata

MLA

“Malletia dilatata (Malletia dilatata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/malletia-dilatata.

BibTeX
@misc{malletia_dilatata_2026,
  title = {Malletia dilatata (Malletia dilatata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/malletia-dilatata},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}