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Palaeoneilo nifukokoensis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy

Palaeoneilo nifukokoensis was named by Krumbeck (1924). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fatu Nifukoko, Niki Niki (Cephalopod Limestone), which is in a Carnian/Norian carbonate limestone in the Cephalopod Limestone Formation of Indonesia.

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. 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
1924	Palaeoneilo nifukokoensis Krumbeck

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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	nifukokoensis

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 nifukokoensis Krumbeck 1924

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

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian	237.0 - 205.7	Indonesia (Timor)	Palaeoneilo nifukokoensis (type locality: 205303)