{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = Malluvium otohimae 001.jpg | image_caption = A shell of ''Malluvium otohimae'' | taxon = Malluvium | authority = Melvill, 1906 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''See text'' | type_species= ''Capulus lissus'' | type_species_authority= E. A. Smith, 1894 | synonyms_ref= <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms= *''Amalthea (Malluvium)'' <small>Melvill, 1906</small> }}
'''''Malluvium''''' is a genus of small sea snails, limpet-like cap snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Hipponicidae, the hoofshells or hoof snails.<ref name="WoRMS">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</ref>
==Description== (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.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Melvill |first1=J.C. |title=Capulus lissus Smith as type of proposed new sugenus (Malluvium) of Amalthea Schumacher |journal=Proceedings of the Malacological Society |date=1906 |volume=7 |page=82 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797529 |access-date=25 February 2025}} {{source-attribution}}</ref>
==Species== Species within the genus ''Malluvium'' include: *''Malluvium calcareum'' <small>(Suter, 1909)</small> *''Malluvium devotum'' <small>(Hedley, 1904)</small> *''Malluvium lissum'' <small>(E. A. Smith, 1894)</small>
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Category:Hipponicidae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by James Cosmo Melvill
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