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Neilo maxwelli

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Neilo maxwelli was named by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Seymour Island, Antarctica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 441593, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is La Meseta Fm Telm 3, which is in a Ypresian delta plain sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. awamoana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Neilo maxwelli Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 52 figs. pl. 1, fig. i

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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
speciesmaxwelli

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 maxwelli Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available