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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).

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

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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
speciesoweni()

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
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Pennsylvania) Yoldia carbonaria (184101 184103 184105)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Yoldia carbonaria (174923)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Palaeoneilo oweni (225752 225764 225772)