Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Alternative spellings: Perissonata, Perissonota
Parent taxon: Malletiinae according to
See also 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, Phaenodesmia, Prosoleptus, Quadratonucula, Sluha, Spathelopsis, Suria, Taimyrodon, Tindariopsis, Tropinuculites, Vnigriella, Yoldioides, Yongshengia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (41: Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, Texas collections)
Total: 41 collections including 52 occurrences
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