Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Parent taxon: Malletiidae according to C Babin and J C Gutiérrez-Marco 1991
See also Cox et al. 1969, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Anthraconeilo, Arisaigia, Australoneilo, Bicrenula, Cadomia, Caesariella, Carinineilo, Concavoleda, Ctenodontella, Dianucula, Dysodonta, Ekstadia, Johnmartinia, Katadesmia, Koenenia, Lapteviella, Lophoconcha, Malletia, Metapalaeoneilo, Neilo, Ningliconcha, Palaeoneilo, Palaeostraba, Perrisonota, Phaenodesmia, Prosoleptus, Quadratonucula, Sluha, Spathelopsis, Suria, Taimyrodon, Tindariopsis, Tropinuculites, Vnigriella, Yoldioides, Yongshengia
Subtaxa: Myoplusia bilunata Myoplusia contrastans
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Argentina (2 collections)
• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Portugal (3), Spain (4)
• Letna of the Czech Republic (1)
• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (4), France (2), Portugal (1)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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