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Palaeoneilo mcchesneyana

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Yoldia mcchesneyana was named by Girty (1910). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 980, Waterloo Mine, Montpelier, which is in a Roadian offshore ramp limestone in the Phosphoria Formation of Idaho.

It was recombined as Anthraconeilo mcchesneyana by Yancey (1978); it was recombined as Palaeoneilo mcchesneyana by Ciriacks (1963) and Fang (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Yoldia mcchesneyana Girty p. 39 figs. Pl 4, figs 4-6
1963Palaeoneilo mcchesneyana Ciriacks p. 37 figs. Pl 4, figs 12-16
1978Anthraconeilo mcchesneyana Yancey p. 324 figs. Pl 8, figs 13-15
1987Palaeoneilo mcchesneyana Fang p. 364 figs. Pl 1, figs 8-10

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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)
genusPalaeoneilo
speciesmcchesneyana()

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.

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Diagnosis
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