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Australoneilo gracilis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Malletia gracilis was named by Wilckens (1907).

It was recombined as Neilo (Australoneilo) gracilis by Darragh (1994); it was recombined as Australoneilo gracilis by Zinsmeister and Macellari (1988), Stiwell (1994), Stilwell et al. (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Malletia gracilis Wilckens p. 35 figs. pl. 5, fig. 10
1907Malletia gracilis Wilckens p. 35 figs. pl. 5, fig. 10
1910Malletia gracilis Wilckens p. 25 figs. pl. 2, fig. 4
1988Australoneilo gracilis Zinsmeister and Macellari p. 258 figs. pl. 3, figs. 6, 7
1994Neilo (Australoneilo) gracilis Darragh p. 79
1994Australoneilo gracilis Stiwell p. 302
2004Australoneilo gracilis Stilwell et al. p. 19

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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)
genusAustraloneiloZinsmeister 1984
speciesgracilis()

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.

Australoneilo gracilis Wilckens 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height150.0
valve diagonal1275.0

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: deposit feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:26:01
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:26:01
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Paleocene or 72.20000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Malletia gracilis (235482 235519)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Australoneilo gracilis (73961)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Australoneilo gracilis (74016 74029)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Australoneilo gracilis (1357 74092) Malletia gracilis (231701 231704)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Australoneilo gracilis (63513)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Australoneilo gracilis (1371)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) Australoneilo gracilis (74151)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Antarctica Australoneilo gracilis (67031 67033 67036 67039 67040 67047)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) Australoneilo gracilis (73885 73889 73902 73905 73909 73910 73911 73912 73913 73914 73915 73916 73918 73920 73921 73922 73937 73938 73940 73941 73942 73978 73979 73981 73993 74046)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66Antarctica (Seymour Island) Australoneilo gracilis (3177)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina Malletia gracilis (99258)