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Metapalaeoneilo dromon

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Metapalaeoneilo dromon was named by Kříž and Steinová (2009). Its type specimen is JK 14959, a shell (Internal mould of the left valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Temporary outcrop just northwest of Běchovice, which is in a Hirnantian transition zone/lower shoreface shale in the Kosov Formation of the Czech Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Metapalaeoneilo dromon Kříž and Steinová pp. 422 - 423 figs. 4H, K, L

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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)
genusMetapalaeoneilo(Lamcke 1934)
speciesdromon

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.

†Metapalaeoneilo dromon Kříž and Steinová 2009
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Diagnosis
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