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Palaeoneilo oviformis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy

Nucula oviformis was named by Eck (1865).

It was recombined as Palaeoneilo oviformis by Gu et al. (1976), Sha (1995), Sha and Grant-Mackie (1996).

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
1865	Nucula oviformis Eck
1976	Palaeoneilo oviformis Gu et al. p. 23 figs. Pl 19, figs 29,30
1995	Palaeoneilo oviformis Sha p. 86 figs. Pl 24, fig 4
1996	Palaeoneilo oviformis Sha and Grant-Mackie fig. 3D

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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	oviformis	(Eck 1865)

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 oviformis Eck 1865

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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: base of the Spathian to the top of the Middle Toarcian or 248.10000 to 180.40000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Induan - Olenekian	251.902 - 246.7	Japan (Fukui)	Palaeoneilo oviformis (40110 40115)
Spathian	248.1 - 246.7	China (Qinghai)	Palaeoneilo oviformis (56724)
Early/Lower Sinemurian	199.5 - 192.9	Denmark	Palaeoneilo oviformis (142067)
Late/Upper Sinemurian	199.5 - 192.9	Denmark	Palaeoneilo oviformis (142073)
Late/Upper Sinemurian	199.5 - 192.9	United Kingdom (Gloucestershire)	Palaeoneilo oviformis (204130 204131 204132 204133)
Sinemurian	199.5 - 192.9	United Kingdom (Gloucestershire)	Palaeoneilo oviformis (204151)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian	192.9 - 184.2	Denmark	Palaeoneilo oviformis (142076 142077)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian	192.9 - 184.2	Denmark	Palaeoneilo oviformis (142078 142079 142080)
Middle Toarcian	182.9 - 180.4	United Kingdom (Gloucestershire)	Palaeoneilo oviformis (204111 204112 204113)