Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Alternative spelling: Neilo (Australoneilo)
Parent taxon: Malletiinae according to J. D. Stilwell et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Zinsmeister 1984
Sister taxa: Anthraconeilo, Arisaigia, Bicrenula, Cadomia, Caesariella, Carinineilo, Concavoleda, Ctenodontella, Dianucula, Dysodonta, Ekstadia, Johnmartinia, Katadesmia, Koenenia, Lapteviella, Lophoconcha, Malletia, Metapalaeoneilo, Myoplusia, Neilo, Ningliconcha, Palaeoneilo, Palaeostraba, Perrisonota, Phaenodesmia, Prosoleptus, Quadratonucula, Sluha, Spathelopsis, Suria, Taimyrodon, Tindariopsis, Tropinuculites, Vnigriella, Yoldioides, Yongshengia
Subtaxa: Australoneilo casei Australoneilo gracilis Australoneilo rossi
Type: Australoneilo rossi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (4 collections), Argentina (1)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (10), Argentina (28)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (8)
Total: 52 collections including 53 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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