| Neilo Temporal range:
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| Neilo australis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Nuculanida |
| Family: | Malletiidae |
| Genus: | Neilo |
| Type species | |
| Neilo cumingii A. Adams, 1854 | |
| Synonyms1 | |
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Nelio is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs of the family Malletiidae.1
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
References
References
- 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.