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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) and Griffin and Nielsen (2008).

Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

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