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Palaeoneilo galatea

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Leda galatea was named by d'Orbigny (1850).

It was recombined as Mesosaccella galatea by Berndt (1998); it was recombined as Palaeoneilo galatea by Gu et al. (1976), Chen (1982) and Gahr (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Leda galatea d'Orbigny
1976Palaeoneilo galatea Gu et al. p. 24 figs. Pl 43, figs 3,4
1982Palaeoneilo galatea Chen p. 405 figs. Pl 1, figs 3,4
1998Mesosaccella galatea Berndt
2002Palaeoneilo galatea Gahr

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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
speciesgalatea(d'Orbigny 1850)

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 galatea d'Orbigny 1850
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Diagnosis
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