Neilo
Genus of bivalves
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Nelio is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs of the family Malletiidae.[1]
| 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 | |
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Description
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
The genus was first described in 1854 by Arthur Adams.[3]
Distribution
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
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