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Neilo

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy

Neilo was named by Adams (1854) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Malletiinae by Malumian et al. (1978), Erdmann and Morra (1985), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999), Spencer et al. (2004) and Anelli et al. (2006).

Species

N. (Neilo), N. annectens, N. beui, N. biradiata, N. blacki, N. cumingii, N. doellojuradoi, N. funiculata, N. gryci, N. maxwelli, N. ornata, N. renniei, N. sinangula, N. sublaevis

Species lacking formal opinion data

N. awamoana

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1854	Neilo Adams
1978	Neilo Malumian et al. p. 272
1985	Neilo Erdmann and Morra p. 289
1999	Neilo Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 16
2002	Neilo Sepkoski
2004	Neilo Spencer et al.
2006	Neilo Anelli et al. p. 120

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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	Neilo	Adams 1854

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.

G. Neilo Adams 1854

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Subg. Neilo (Neilo) Adams 1854

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†Neilo (Neilo) rongelii Anelli et al. 2006

Neilo annectens Powell 1931

†Neilo beui Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992

†Neilo biradiata Chiesa and Camacho 2001

Neilo blacki Marshall 1978

Neilo cumingii Adams 1854

†Neilo doellojuradoi Malumian et al. 1978

†Neilo funiculata Hutton 1887

†Neilo gryci Marincovich, Jr. 1993

†Neilo maxwelli Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992

†Neilo ornata Sowerby 1846

†Neilo ornata ortmanni Erdmann and Morra 1985

†Neilo renniei Dartevelle and Freneix 1957

†Neilo sinangula Finlay 1926

†Neilo sublaevis Marwick 1926

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

infaunalsuperf

Diet:

deposit feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-09-20 08:28:46

Modified:

2007-09-20 10:28:46

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

References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Campanian to the top of the Waiauan or 83.60000 to 11.04000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.1 Ma

Collections (50 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Antarctica	N. sp. (83566)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Argentina (Chubut)	N. pencana (74302) N. sp. (74093 74094 74095 74105 74114 74119 74186)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Argentina (Neuquén)	N. pencana (73961)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Argentina (La Pampa)	N. ornata (5160)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	USA (Alaska)	N. gryci (64414)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Antarctica (Seymour Island)	N. maxwelli (63549)
Ypresian - Lutetian	56.0 - 41.3	Antarctica	N. beui (72401)
Ypresian - Lutetian	56.0 - 41.3	Antarctica (Seymour Island)	N. beui (63551)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 28.4	Argentina	N. biradiata (71600) N. doellojuradoi (66144) N. ornata (71657) N. ortmanni (71402)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.03	Russian Federation	Malletia ornata (50122)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.03	Argentina (Santa Curz)	N. ortmanni (48067)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	New Zealand (East Coast)	N. awamoana (45184)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	New Zealand	N. awamoana (67598)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene	28.4 - 15.97	Argentina (Santa Cruz)	N. ornata (48068)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	New Zealand (North Island)	N. sinangula (204564 205949)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Argentina	N. ornata (71403 71404 71542)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	New Zealand (Dannevirke)	N. sublaevis (35650)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Chile	N. ornata (78425 78428 78429) N. volckmanni (78522)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	New Zealand (Waikato)	N. sinangula (45004)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Antarctica	N. rongelii (75590 75592)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Argentina (Rio Negro)	N. sp. (45689)
Miocene - Pleistocene	23.03 - 0.0117	Argentina (Santa Cruz)	Nucula ornata (54123)
Otaian	21.7 - 19.0	New Zealand	N. awamoana (67827)
Otaian - Altonian	21.7 - 15.9	New Zealand	N. sp. (77489)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Chile	N. volckmanni (78524)
Altonian	19.0 - 15.9	New Zealand	N. awamoana (67896 67897 67898 67899 67900 67911) N. sp. (77491)
Waiauan	13.05 - 11.04	New Zealand	N. sp. (63090)