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Malletioidea

Bivalvia - Nuculanida

Taxonomy
Malletioidea was named by Adams and Adams (1857). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nuculoida by Nevesskaja (2009); and to Nuculanida by Carter et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Malletioidea Adams and Adams
2009Malletioidea Nevesskaja
2011Malletioidea Carter et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyMalletioideaAdams and Adams 1857
superfamilyMalletioideaAdams and Adams 1857

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. Malletioidea Adams and Adams 1857
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Fm. †Cucullellidae Fischer 1886
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Subfm. †Cucullellinae Fischer 1886
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G. †Nuculites Conrad 1841
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Subg. †Nuculites (Gonionuculites) Babin et al. 2001
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Nuculites ichikawai Nakazawa and Newell 1968
Nuculites kimuari Hayasaka 1924
Nuculites neglectus Hall 1862
Nuculites oblongatus Conrad 1841
Nuculites planulatus Conrad 1841
Nuculites suboblongatus Kobayashi 1934
Nuculites wattii Tate 1896
Invalid names: Cleidophorus Hall 1847 [synonym], Cucullella McCoy 1851 [synonym], Pyrenomoeus Hall 1852 [synonym]
Invalid names: Nuculitidae Bradshaw 1999 [synonym], Palaeoneilinae Babin 1966 [empty]
Fm. †Strabidae Prantl and Ruzicka 1954
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G. †Straba Prantl and Růžička 1954
Fm. Tindariidae Verrill and Bush 1897
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Subfm. Neilonellinae Schileyko 1989
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G. Austrotindaria Fleming 1948
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Austrotindaria antiqua Foster et al. 2017
Austrotindaria svalbardensis Foster et al. 2017
Invalid names: Pseudotindaria Sanders and Allen 1977 [synonym]
G. Clencharia Clarke 1961
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G. Neilonella Dall 1881
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Neilonella corpulenta Dall 1881
Neilonella hadalis Knudsen 1970
G. Tindaria Bellardi 1875
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Tindaria antarctica Thiele 1931
Tindaria arata Bellardi 1875
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Invalid names: Tindaria panamensis Dall 1908 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Tindaria dicofania Dall 1916 [synonym], Tindaria martiniana Dall 1916 [synonym]
Invalid names: Tindariinae Verrill and Bush 1897 [empty]
Invalid names: Pseudocyrtodontidae Maillieux 1939 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:33:36
Modified: 2010-02-12 03:59:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Arenig to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 478.60000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 477.7 Ma

Collections (650 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Guizhou) Nuculites sp. (5279)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Tasmania) Nuculites sp. (2671)
Lancefieldian - Bendigonian484.3 - 473.1Australia (Tasmania) Nuculites sp. (211109)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0France (Ille-et-Vilaine) Nuculites acuminatus, Nuculites tortus (20860) Nuculites sp. (20852)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4South Korea (Kangwon-do) Nuculites suboblongatus (56171)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0United Kingdom (England) Nuculites sp. (3651 3654)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (Quebec) Nuculites postvolutus (77220 77221) Nuculites praevolutus (77222)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) Nuculites sp. (336)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5United Kingdom (Wales) Nuculites sp. (348)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Virginia) Nuculites sp. (343)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (New York) Nuculites scitulus (347)
Berounian457.9 - 449.8Morocco Nuculites sp. (20964)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Virginia) Nuculites sp. (85602)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Nuculites sp. (23656 23659 23664 23667 23668 23670)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa) Nuculites sp. (23552)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Nuculites sp. (23579 23584)
Actonian454.0 - 453.0United Kingdom (Wales) Nuculites planulatus (76475)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5United Kingdom (England) Nuculites sp. (3656 3657 3658 3659 3661 3662)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) Cleidophorus fabula (37834)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Cleidophorus sp. (26277)