Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Parent taxon: Malletiinae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Mikkelsen 2006 and Nielson and Valdovinos 2008
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, Sluha, Spathelopsis, Suria, Taimyrodon, Tropinuculites, Vnigriella, Yoldioides, Yongshengia
Subtaxa: Tindariopsis sulcata Tindariopsis sulculata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Chile (1)
• Pliocene of Chile (13)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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