Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Full reference: A. S. Biakov. 1998. Permian ctenodont bivalves from northeastern Russia. Paleontological Journal 32(2):129-132
Belongs to Palaeoneilo according to A. S. Biakov 2019
See also Biakov 1998
Sister taxa: Palaeoneilo acarinata, Palaeoneilo aguilerae, Palaeoneilo arctica, Palaeoneilo artiensis, Palaeoneilo bosei, Palaeoneilo bownockeri, Palaeoneilo broilii, Palaeoneilo burkarti, Palaeoneilo centralis, Palaeoneilo circularis, Palaeoneilo constricta, Palaeoneilo cordiformis, Palaeoneilo cordobae, Palaeoneilo costata, Palaeoneilo cuneiformis, Palaeoneilo damesi, Palaeoneilo elliptica, Palaeoneilo emarginata, Palaeoneilo excentrica, Palaeoneilo fecunda, Palaeoneilo fibularis, Palaeoneilo filosa, Palaeoneilo fortistriata, Palaeoneilo frechi, Palaeoneilo galatea, Palaeoneilo guangdongensis, Palaeoneilo guizhouensis, Palaeoneilo hamiltoni, Palaeoneilo hopensacki, Palaeoneilo humboldti, Palaeoneilo inflata, Palaeoneilo jinjiensis, Palaeoneilo ledaeformis, Palaeoneilo leiyangensis, Palaeoneilo lirata, Palaeoneilo longa, Palaeoneilo lutosa, Palaeoneilo magna, Palaeoneilo mcchesneyana, Palaeoneilo mexicana, Palaeoneilo mundeni, Palaeoneilo nifukokoensis, Palaeoneilo occidentalis, Palaeoneilo ogachiensis, Palaeoneilo ordonezi, Palaeoneilo otamitensis, Palaeoneilo oviformis, Palaeoneilo oweni, Palaeoneilo peneckei, Palaeoneilo plicata, Palaeoneilo postolegi, Palaeoneilo praeacuta, Palaeoneilo qinglongensis, Palaeoneilo quadrata, Palaeoneilo qujianensis, Palaeoneilo qujiangensis, Palaeoneilo rectangularis, Palaeoneilo sera, Palaeoneilo shaoyangensis, Palaeoneilo sinuata, Palaeoneilo smithi, Palaeoneilo subcarinata, Palaeoneilo subcarinata, Palaeoneilo subexcentrica, Palaeoneilo suborbicularis, Palaeoneilo subtenella, Palaeoneilo sunanensis, Palaeoneilo symmetricus, Palaeoneilo tebagaensis, Palaeoneilo tenella, Palaeoneilo tensa, Palaeoneilo thorslundi, Palaeoneilo tirolensis, Palaeoneilo tobieseni, Palaeoneilo triangularis, Palaeoneilo villadae, Palaeoneilo waitzi, Palaeoneilo yanjiensis, Palaeoneilo yongdingensis, Palaeoneilo zacatecana
Type specimen: RGU 3/1, a valve (Right valve mold). Its type locality is Fedorovskii Creek, Outcrop 18, Bed 26a, Paren' River headwater, Smolensk Massif, which is in an Asselian marine siliciclastic in the Magiveem Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (4 collections)
• Carboniferous to Permian of the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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