Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Full reference: L. Beushausen. 1884. Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Oberharzer Spiriferensandsteins und seiner Fauna. Abhandlungen zur geologischen Spezialkarte von Preussen und den Thüringischen Staaten 6(1):1-133
Parent taxon: Malletiinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anthraconeilo, Arisaigia, Australoneilo, Bicrenula, Cadomia, Caesariella, Carinineilo, Concavoleda, Ctenodontella, Dianucula, Dysodonta, Ekstadia, Johnmartinia, Katadesmia, Lapteviella, Lophoconcha, Malletia, Metapalaeoneilo, Myoplusia, Neilo, Ningliconcha, Palaeoneilo, Palaeostraba, Perrisonota, Phaenodesmia, Prosoleptus, Quadratonucula, Sluha, Spathelopsis, Suria, Taimyrodon, Tindariopsis, Tropinuculites, Vnigriella, Yoldioides, Yongshengia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (5: New York collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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