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Palaeoneilo leiyangensis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy

Palaeoneilo leiyangensis was named by Liu (1976).

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. 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
1976	Palaeoneilo leiyangensis Liu p. 21 figs. Pl 9, figs 6,7
1977	Palaeoneilo laiyangensis Zhang p. 479 figs. Pl 189, fig 33
1982	Palaeoneilo leiyangensis Li et al. p. 308 figs. Pl 119, figs 13
1987	Palaeoneilo leiyangensis Fang p. 364 figs. Pl 1, fig 25
1997	Palaeoneilo leiyangensis Chen et al. p. 89 figs. Pl 1, figs 5,6

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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	leiyangensis

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 leiyangensis Liu 1976

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
valve height	3	4.05	1.38	9.47	5.10	4.05

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: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Changhsingian or 264.28000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	China (Hunan)	Palaeoneilo leiyangensis (107815)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	Hong Kong	Palaeoneilo leiyangensis (275790)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	China (Guangdong)	Palaeoneilo leiyangensis (113865)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	China (Guangdong)	Palaeoneilo laiyangensis (123594)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	China (Hunan)	Leda sp. 1, Leda sp. 2 (123600) Palaeoneilo leiyangensis (107816 107820 121731)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	China (Guizhou)	Palaeoneilo leiyangensis (121006)
Lopingian	259.51 - 251.902	China (Fujian)	Palaeoneilo leiyangensis (102120)
Changhsingian	254.14 - 251.902	China (Guizhou)	Palaeoneilo leiyangensis (121007)