Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Parent taxon: Malletiinae according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000
See also Mikkelsen 2006
Sister taxa: Anthraconeilo, Arisaigia, Australoneilo, Bicrenula, Cadomia, Caesariella, Carinineilo, Concavoleda, Ctenodontella, Dianucula, Dysodonta, Ekstadia, Johnmartinia, Koenenia, Lapteviella, Lophoconcha, Malletia, Metapalaeoneilo, Myoplusia, Neilo, Ningliconcha, Palaeoneilo, Palaeostraba, Perrisonota, Phaenodesmia, Prosoleptus, Quadratonucula, Sluha, Spathelopsis, Suria, Taimyrodon, Tindariopsis, Tropinuculites, Vnigriella, Yoldioides, Yongshengia
Subtaxa: Katadesmia cuneata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Katadesmia in the database
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