Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Parent taxon: Neitheoidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Scholz et al. 2008 and Waller 2006
Sister taxon: Tosapectinidae
Type: Neithea
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of France (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (2), Albania (2), Algeria (4), Angola (7), Argentina (1), Australia (1), Austria (4), Belgium (2), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Brazil (62), Bulgaria (1), Czechia (1), Denmark (3), Ecuador (3), Egypt (23), Ethiopia (2), France (18), Gabon (1), Germany (10), Hungary (1), India (4), Iran (7), Italy (8), Jamaica (2), Japan (15), Jordan (3), Kazakhstan (2), Lebanon (1), Libya (6), Madagascar (13), Mexico (11), Mozambique (4), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (3), Nigeria (1), North Atlantic (1), Oman (5), Pakistan (2), Peru (4), Poland (8), Portugal (15), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia (2), Slovenia (1), South Africa (2), South Atlantic (1), Spain (6), Sweden (1), Tanzania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (1), Türkiye (3), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (3), the United Kingdom (22), United States (95: Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas), Uzbekistan (1), Venezuela (2), Yemen (3)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (67), Canada (193: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (220), Madagascar (3), Mexico (13), Spain (24), United States (8: Alaska, California, Nevada, Oregon)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Chile (1)
• Triassic of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 949 collections including 1214 occurrences