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Palaeoneilo bownockeri

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy

Anthraconeilo bownockeri was named by Morningstar (1922).

It was recombined as Palaeoneilo bownockeri by Murphy (1966).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. amosi, P. anthraconeiloides, P. antigonishensis, P. antiqua, P. arcuata, P. arenacea, P. barrisi, P. bedfordensis, P. beushauseni, P. brevis, P. concentrica, P. congregata, P. constrictiformis, P. distincta, P. elliptica, P. elliptica, P. elongata, P. farbesi, P. flectens, P. flectens, P. fujinohira, P. hulukouensis, P. humenryi, P. ignota, P. indicus, P. insignis, P. iwaiensis, P. laevirostris, P. laevirostrum, P. luciniforme, P. lunaris, P. magnifica, P. maureri, P. minutissima, P. muensteri, P. muta, P. nanimensis, P. orbignyi, P. ovata, P. parvaradiatus, P. patagonidica, P. penekei, P. phillipsi, P. plana, P. planiformis, P. praecursor, P. praecuta, P. primaeva, P. prynadai, P. rhysa, P. rudis, P. sakuradaniensis, P. sancticrucis, P. sharmani, P. sinuosa, P. sinuosus, P. socialis, P. subantiqua, P. sulcatina, P. taffiana, P. telliniformis, P. tenuistriata, P. truncata, P. unionoides, P. antiqua, P. arcuata, P. augusta, P. brevis, P. clarkei, P. contracta, P. crassa, P. elongata, P. maxima, P. muta, P. petila, P. plana, P. rudis, P. subantiqua, P. tenuistriata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1922	Anthraconeilo bownockeri Morningstar pp. 208 - 209 figs. Pl. X, fig. 21
1966	Palaeoneilo bownockeri Murphy pp. 874 - 875

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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	bownockeri	()

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 bownockeri Morningstar 1922

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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Hendy 2009

Age range: Morrowan or 323.40000 to 318.60000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Morrowan	323.4 - 318.6	USA (Ohio)	Anthraconeilo bownockeri (71998)