Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Full reference: L. Liljedahl. 1984. Silurian silicified bivalves from Gotland. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Serie C 78(2):1-82
Parent taxon: Malletiidae according to L. Liljedahl 1994
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anthraconeilo, Arisaigia, Australoneilo, Bicrenula, Cadomia, Carinineilo, Concavoleda, Ctenodontella, Dianucula, Dysodonta, Ekstadia, Johnmartinia, Katadesmia, Koenenia, Lapteviella, Lophoconcha, Malletia, Metapalaeoneilo, Myoplusia, Neilo, Ningliconcha, Palaeoneilo, Palaeostraba, Perrisonota, Phaenodesmia, Prosoleptus, Quadratonucula, Sluha, Spathelopsis, Suria, Taimyrodon, Tindariopsis, Tropinuculites, Vnigriella, Yoldioides, Yongshengia
Subtaxa: Caesariella lindensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Sweden (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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