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Palaeoneilo oweni

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy

Leda oweni was named by McChesney (1859).

It was recombined as Yoldia oweni by McChesney (1868); it was recombined as Anthraconeilo oweni by Girty (1911); it was recombined as Palaeoneilo oweni by Murphy (1966).

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

Synonyms

Yoldia (Palaeoneilo) carbonaria was named by Meek (1871) [Yoldia (Palaeoneilo?) carbonaria].

It was recombined as Anthraconeilo carbonaria by Girty (1911); it was recombined as Yoldia carbonaria by Mark (1912); it was synonymized subjectively with Palaeoneilo oweni by Murphy (1966).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1859	Leda oweni McChesney p. 52
1868	Yoldia oweni McChesney p. 38 figs. pl. 2 f. 10a-c
1871	Yoldia (Palaeoneilo) carbonaria Meek
1911	Anthraconeilo carbonaria Girty
1911	Anthraconeilo oweni Girty pp. 132 - 133
1912	Yoldia carbonaria Mark
1966	Palaeoneilo oweni Murphy pp. 868 - 872 figs. txt. f. 1; pl. 1 f. 1-20

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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	oweni	()

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 oweni McChesney 1859

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Invalid names: Palaeoneilo carbonaria Meek 1871 [synonym]

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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Missourian to the top of the Virgilian or 306.00000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Missourian	306.0 - 303.7	USA (Pennsylvania)	Yoldia carbonaria (184101 184103 184105)
Missourian	306.0 - 303.7	USA (Ohio)	Yoldia carbonaria (174923)
Virgilian	303.7 - 298.9	USA (Texas)	Palaeoneilo oweni (225752 225764 225772)