Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Synonym: Praearca Neumayr 1891
Full reference: J. Barrande. 1881. Système Silurien de Centre de la Bohême. Volume VI: Acéphales. Système Silurien de Centre de la Bohême. Volume VI: Acéphales 1-342
Parent taxon: Malletiinae according to Z.-J. Fang 2006
See also Barrande 1881, Newell 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, Myoplusia, Neilo, Ningliconcha, Palaeoneilo, Palaeostraba, Perrisonota, Phaenodesmia, Prosoleptus, Quadratonucula, Spathelopsis, Suria, Taimyrodon, Tindariopsis, Tropinuculites, Vnigriella, Yoldioides, Yongshengia
Subtaxa: Praearca cambriensis Sluha expansus Sluha kosoviensis
Type: Sluha expansus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Dobrotivian of France (1), Portugal (8)
• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (8), France (1), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences
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