Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Full reference: N. Malumian, H. H. Camacho, and R. Gorrono. 1978. Molluscos del Terciario Inferior ("Magallanense") de la Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (Republica Argentina). Ameghiniana 15(3-4):265-284

Belongs to Neilo according to N. Malumian et al. 1978

Sister taxa: Neilo (Neilo), Neilo annectens, Neilo beui, Neilo biradiata, Neilo blacki, Neilo cumingii, Neilo funiculata, Neilo gryci, Neilo maxwelli, Neilo ornata, Neilo renniei, Neilo sinangula, Neilo sublaevis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cerro Castillo, which is in an Oligocene offshore sandstone in Argentina

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Cerro Castillo

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