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Palaeoneilo smithi

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy

Palaeoneilo smithi was named by Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson (1977). Its type specimen is CPC 15497, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. amosi, P. anthraconeiloides, P. antigonishensis, P. antiqua, P. arcuata, P. arenacea, P. barrisi, P. bedfordensis, P. beushauseni, P. brevis, P. concentrica, P. congregata, P. constrictiformis, P. distincta, P. elliptica, P. elliptica, P. elongata, P. farbesi, P. flectens, P. flectens, P. fujinohira, P. hulukouensis, P. humenryi, P. ignota, P. indicus, P. insignis, P. iwaiensis, P. laevirostris, P. laevirostrum, P. luciniforme, P. lunaris, P. magnifica, P. maureri, P. minutissima, P. muensteri, P. muta, P. nanimensis, P. orbignyi, P. ovata, P. parvaradiatus, P. patagonidica, P. penekei, P. phillipsi, P. plana, P. planiformis, P. praecursor, P. praecuta, P. primaeva, P. prynadai, P. rhysa, P. rudis, P. sakuradaniensis, P. sancticrucis, P. sharmani, P. sinuosa, P. sinuosus, P. socialis, P. subantiqua, P. sulcatina, P. taffiana, P. telliniformis, P. tenuistriata, P. truncata, P. unionoides, P. antiqua, P. arcuata, P. augusta, P. brevis, P. clarkei, P. contracta, P. crassa, P. elongata, P. maxima, P. muta, P. petila, P. plana, P. rudis, P. subantiqua, P. tenuistriata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1977	Palaeoneilo smithi Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson pp. 16-17 figs. pl. 4 f. 1-7

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Protobranchia	(Pelseneer 1889)
superorder	Nuculaniformii	Carter et al. 2000
order	Nuculanida	(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamily	Nuculanoidea	Adams and Adams 1858
family	Malletiidae	(Adams and Adams 1858)
genus	Palaeoneilo
species	smithi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Palaeoneilo smithi Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

10 to < 100g

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

infaunalsuperf

Diet:

deposit feedersuperf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-06-05 12:34:01

Modified:

2009-06-05 14:34:01

Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, c = class

References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Darriwilian or 469.40000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian	469.4 - 458.2	Australia (Queensland)	Palaeoneilo smithi (77521 77760 79124)
Darriwilian	469.4 - 458.2	Australia (Northern Territory)	Palaeoneilo smithi (79012 79176 79232 79310 79315)