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Neilo maxwelli

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Neilo maxwelli was named by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Seymour Island, Antarctica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 441593, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is La Meseta Fm Telm 3, which is in a Ypresian delta plain sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Neilo maxwelli Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 52 figs. pl. 1, fig. i

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyMalletiidae(Adams and Adams 1858)
genusNeiloAdams 1854
speciesmaxwelli

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.

Neilo maxwelli Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-20 08:28:46
Modified: 2007-09-20 10:28:46
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica (Seymour Island) Neilo maxwelli (type locality: 63549)