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Palaeoneilo sunanensis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy

Palaeoneilo sunanensis was named by Liu (1976).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. antiqua, P. beushauseni, P. concentrica, P. elliptica, P. elongata, P. farbesi, P. indicus, P. laevirostris, P. laevirostrum, P. magnifica, P. maureri, P. muta, P. nanimensis, P. orbignyi, P. patagonidica, P. penekei, P. plana, P. praecuta, P. primaeva, P. sharmani, P. sinuosus, P. truncata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1976	Palaeoneilo sunanensis Liu p. 22 figs. Pl 9, fig 8
1977	Palaeoneilo sunanensis Zhang p. 479 figs. Pl 189, fig 34

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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	sunanensis

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 sunanensis Liu 1976

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean
valve height	1	2.83

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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 264.28000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	China (Guangdong)	Palaeoneilo sunanensis (113864 113865)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	China (Hunan)	Palaeoneilo sunanensis (123592)