Palaeoneilo oweni McChesney 1859 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Alternative combinations: Anthraconeilo oweni, Leda oweni, Yoldia oweni

Synonyms: Anthraconeilo carbonaria Meek 1871, Palaeoneilo carbonaria Meek 1871, Yoldia (Palaeoneilo) carbonaria Meek 1871, Yoldia carbonaria Meek 1871

Full reference: A. M. McChesney. 1859. Descriptions of new species of fossils from the Paleozoic rocks of the western states. Transactions of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 1:1-76

Belongs to Palaeoneilo according to J. L. Murphy 1966

See also Girty 1911, Mark 1912, McChesney 1859, McChesney 1868 and Meek 1871

Sister taxa: Palaeoneilo acarinata, Palaeoneilo aguilerae, Palaeoneilo arctica, Palaeoneilo artiensis, Palaeoneilo bosei, Palaeoneilo bownockeri, Palaeoneilo broilii, Palaeoneilo burkarti, Palaeoneilo centralis, Palaeoneilo circularis, Palaeoneilo constricta, Palaeoneilo cordiformis, Palaeoneilo cordobae, Palaeoneilo costata, Palaeoneilo cuneiformis, Palaeoneilo damesi, Palaeoneilo elliptica, Palaeoneilo emarginata, Palaeoneilo excentrica, Palaeoneilo fecunda, Palaeoneilo fibularis, Palaeoneilo filosa, Palaeoneilo fortistriata, Palaeoneilo frechi, Palaeoneilo galatea, Palaeoneilo guangdongensis, Palaeoneilo guizhouensis, Palaeoneilo hamiltoni, Palaeoneilo hopensacki, Palaeoneilo humboldti, Palaeoneilo inflata, Palaeoneilo jinjiensis, Palaeoneilo ledaeformis, Palaeoneilo leiyangensis, Palaeoneilo lirata, Palaeoneilo longa, Palaeoneilo lutosa, Palaeoneilo magna, Palaeoneilo mcchesneyana, Palaeoneilo mexicana, Palaeoneilo mundeni, Palaeoneilo nifukokoensis, Palaeoneilo occidentalis, Palaeoneilo ogachiensis, Palaeoneilo ordonezi, Palaeoneilo otamitensis, Palaeoneilo oviformis, Palaeoneilo parenica, Palaeoneilo peneckei, Palaeoneilo plicata, Palaeoneilo postolegi, Palaeoneilo praeacuta, Palaeoneilo qinglongensis, Palaeoneilo quadrata, Palaeoneilo qujianensis, Palaeoneilo qujiangensis, Palaeoneilo rectangularis, Palaeoneilo sera, Palaeoneilo shaoyangensis, Palaeoneilo sinuata, Palaeoneilo smithi, Palaeoneilo subcarinata, Palaeoneilo subcarinata, Palaeoneilo subexcentrica, Palaeoneilo suborbicularis, Palaeoneilo subtenella, Palaeoneilo sunanensis, Palaeoneilo symmetricus, Palaeoneilo tebagaensis, Palaeoneilo tenella, Palaeoneilo tensa, Palaeoneilo thorslundi, Palaeoneilo tirolensis, Palaeoneilo tobieseni, Palaeoneilo triangularis, Palaeoneilo villadae, Palaeoneilo waitzi, Palaeoneilo yanjiensis, Palaeoneilo yongdingensis, Palaeoneilo zacatecana

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Virgilian of United States (3: Texas collections)

• Carboniferous of United States (4: Ohio, Pennsylvania)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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