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Neilo beui

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Neilo beui was named by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Seymour Island, Antarctica.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. awamoana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Neilo beui Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 52 figs. pl. 1, figs. m, p, q

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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
speciesbeui

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 beui 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: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica (Seymour Island) Neilo beui (63551)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica Neilo beui (72401)