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Palaeoneilo arctica

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoneilo arctica was named by Muromtseva (1981). Its type specimen is 41/11570 and is a mold. Its type locality is Mezhdusharsky Island, Section 9, Sample 1197, Novaya Zemlya, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Shadrovskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Palaeoneilo arctica Muromtseva p. 26 figs. Pl 7, fig 1
1984Palaeoneilo arctica Muromtseva and Guskov p. 29 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,11-13; pl 3, figs 3,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyMalletiidae(Adams and Adams 1858)
genusPalaeoneilo
speciesarctica

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 arctica Muromtseva 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height16.80

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 Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 283.30000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation Palaeoneilo arctica (113896 113897 113898)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Palaeoneilo arctica (type locality: 109947)