Neilo
| Neilo Temporal range: | |
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| Neilo australis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Nuculanida |
| Family: | Malletiidae |
| Genus: | Neilo |
| Type species | |
| Neilo cumingii A. Adams, 1854 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nelio is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs of the family Malletiidae.[1]
Description
[edit]Shells of Nelio have a more strongly developed hinge, most prominently on the anterior hinge, when compared to members of the genus Malletia.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus was first described in 1854 by Arthur Adams.[3]
Distribution
[edit]Members of the genus have been found in the Pacific Ocean, Caribbean and the Southern Ocean.[4] The earliest fossils of the genus date to the Cretaceous, and have been found in Antarctica and Argentina.[5]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Neilo include:[1]
- † Neilo altamirano Kiel, Hybertsen, Hyžný & Klompmaker, 2019
- Neilo annectens A. W. B. Powell, 1931
- Neilo australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
- † Neilo awamoana H. J. Finlay, 1926
- † Neilo beui Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992
- † Neilo biradiata J. O. Chiesa & Camacho
- Neilo bisculpta F.-S. Xu, 1991
- Neilo blacki B. A. Marshall, 1978
- † Neilo casei (Zinsmeister & Macellari, 1988)
- Neilo compta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904)
- † Neilo cultrata Darragh, 1994
- † Neilo elongata (Etheridge, 1872)
- † Neilo funiculata (F. W. Hutton, 1887)
- † Neilo gracilis (Wilckens, 1907)
- † Neilo jugifera Marwick, 1965
- † Neilo miotaurinus Sacco, 1898
- † Neilo multidentata (Khomenko, 1937)
- † Neilo ornata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846)
- † Neilo ortmanni S. Erdmann & Morra, 1985
- † Neilo pencana (R. A. Philippi, 1887)
- † Neilo quiriquinae (R. A. Philippi, 1887)
- † Neilo rongelii Anelli, Rocha-Campus, dos Santos, Perinotto & Quaglio, 2006
- † Neilo rossi (Zinsmeister, 1984)
- † Neilo sinangula Finlay, 1926
- † Neilo sublaevis Marwick, 1926
- † Neilo wairoana Marwick, 1965
- † Neilo waitaraensis Marwick, 1926
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Neilo A. Adams, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 January 2026.
- ↑ Marshall, B. A. (July 1978). "The genus Neilo in New Zealand (Mollusca: Bivalvia)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 5 (3): 425–436. doi:10.1080/03014223.1978.10428329. ISSN 0301-4223. Wikidata Q54643985.
- ↑ Adams, Arthur (1854), "Description of a New Genus, and of Several New Species, of Mollusca, from the Cumingian Collection.", Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 20: 93 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library
- ↑ "Neilo A.Adams, 1854". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ "Neilo Adams 1854 (clam)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 29 January 2026.