Prosoleptus lineata Goldfuss 1837 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Alternative combinations: Ctenodonta (Prosoleptus) lineata, Nucula lineata, Palaeoneilo lineata

Synonyms: Nucula faba Wissmann 1841, Nucula stotteri Klipstein 1843, Nucula undata Klipstein 1843, Palaeoneilo faba Wissmann 1841

Belongs to Prosoleptus according to Beushausen 1895

See also Bittner 1895, Bittner 1901, Broili 1904, Frech 1912, Laube 1865, Münster 1841 and Wissmann 1841

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Hungary (2 collections), Italy (4), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Turkey (1), Vietnam (1)

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 10 collections including 12 occurrences

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