Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Alternative spelling: Ctenodonta (Prosoleptus)
Parent taxon: Malletiidae according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014
See also Frech 1912, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Anthraconeilo, Arisaigia, Australoneilo, Bicrenula, Cadomia, Caesariella, Carinineilo, Concavoleda, Ctenodontella, Dianucula, Dysodonta, Ekstadia, Johnmartinia, Katadesmia, Koenenia, Lapteviella, Lophoconcha, Malletia, Metapalaeoneilo, Myoplusia, Neilo, Ningliconcha, Palaeoneilo, Palaeostraba, Perrisonota, Phaenodesmia, Quadratonucula, Sluha, Spathelopsis, Suria, Taimyrodon, Tindariopsis, Tropinuculites, Vnigriella, Yoldioides, Yongshengia
Subtaxa: Prosoleptus lineata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Hungary (3 collections), Italy (16), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Turkey (1), Vietnam (1)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 23 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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