Neilo Adams 1854 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Parent taxon: Malletiinae according to D. Frassinetti and V. Covacevich 1999

See also Anelli et al. 2006, Erdmann and Morra 1985, Malumian et al. 1978, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Anthraconeilo, Arisaigia, Australoneilo, Bicrenula, Cadomia, Caesariella, Carinineilo, Concavoleda, Ctenodontella, Dianucula, Dysodonta, Ekstadia, Johnmartinia, Katadesmia, Koenenia, Lapteviella, Lophoconcha, Malletia, Metapalaeoneilo, Myoplusia, Ningliconcha, Palaeoneilo, Palaeostraba, Perrisonota, Phaenodesmia, Prosoleptus, Quadratonucula, Sluha, Spathelopsis, Suria, Taimyrodon, Tindariopsis, Tropinuculites, Vnigriella, Yoldioides, Yongshengia

Subtaxa: Neilo (Neilo) Neilo annectens Neilo beui Neilo biradiata Neilo blacki Neilo cumingii Neilo doellojuradoi Neilo funiculata Neilo gryci Neilo maxwelli Neilo ornata Neilo renniei Neilo sinangula Neilo sublaevis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Miocene of Antarctica (2), Argentina (4), Chile (5), New Zealand (12)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Oligocene of Argentina (5), New Zealand (4), the Russian Federation (1)

• Eocene of Antarctica (3)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1), United States (1: Alaska)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (9)

Total: 50 collections each including a single occurrence

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