Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Alternative combinations: Malletia ornata, Nucula ornata
Belongs to Neilo according to M. Griffin and S. N. Nielsen 2008
See also Erdmann and Morra 1985 and Frassinetti and Covacevich 1999
Sister taxa: Neilo (Neilo), Neilo annectens, Neilo beui, Neilo biradiata, Neilo blacki, Neilo cumingii, Neilo doellojuradoi, Neilo funiculata, Neilo gryci, Neilo maxwelli, Neilo renniei, Neilo sinangula, Neilo sublaevis
Subtaxa: Neilo ornata ortmanni
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Miocene of Argentina (3), Chile (3)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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