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Neilo ornata

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Nucula ornata was named by Sowerby (1846) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene-Early Miocene; Argentina.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Malletia ornata by Ortmann (1902); it was recombined as Neilo ornata by Erdmann and Morra (1985), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999), Griffin and Nielsen (2008).

Subspecies
N. ortmanni
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. awamoana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Nucula ornata Sowerby p. 251 figs. pl. 2, fig. 19
1902Malletia ornata Ortmann p. 85
1985Neilo ornata Erdmann and Morra p. 290
1999Neilo ornata Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 16
2008Neilo ornata Griffin and Nielsen p. 25

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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)
genusNeiloAdams 1854
speciesornata(Sowerby 1846)

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.

†Neilo ornata Sowerby 1846
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†Neilo ornata ortmanni Erdmann and Morra 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-20 08:28:46
Modified: 2007-09-20 10:28:46
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 66.00000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (La Pampa) Neilo ornata (5160)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Argentina Neilo ornata, Neilo ornata (71657)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Russian Federation Malletia ornata (50122)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) Neilo ornata (48068)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Neilo ornata (78425 78428 78429)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina Neilo ornata (71403 71404 71542)
Miocene - Pleistocene23.04 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Cruz) Nucula ornata (54123)