Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Malletiidae

Full reference: J. Pojeta and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson. 1977. Australian Ordovician pelecypod molluscs. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin 174:1-64

Belongs to Palaeoneilo according to J. Pojeta and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977

Sister taxa: Palaeoneilo acarinata, Palaeoneilo arctica, Palaeoneilo artiensis, Palaeoneilo centralis, Palaeoneilo cuneiformis, Palaeoneilo elliptica, Palaeoneilo excentrica, Palaeoneilo fecunda, Palaeoneilo fibularis, Palaeoneilo fortistriata, Palaeoneilo galatea, Palaeoneilo guizhouensis, Palaeoneilo leiyangensis, Palaeoneilo lutosa, Palaeoneilo magna, Palaeoneilo mcchesneyana, Palaeoneilo occidentalis, Palaeoneilo ogachiensis, Palaeoneilo oviformis, Palaeoneilo parenica, Palaeoneilo postolegi, Palaeoneilo praeacuta, Palaeoneilo qujianensis, Palaeoneilo qujiangensis, Palaeoneilo sera, Palaeoneilo shaoyangensis, Palaeoneilo sinuata, Palaeoneilo subcarinata, Palaeoneilo subexcentrica, Palaeoneilo suborbicularis, Palaeoneilo subtenella, Palaeoneilo sunanensis, Palaeoneilo symmetricus, Palaeoneilo tebagaensis, Palaeoneilo thorslundi, Palaeoneilo tirolensis, Palaeoneilo yanjiensis, Palaeoneilo yongdingensis

Type specimen: CPC 15497, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder