Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Synonym: Parapecten Crickmay 1930
Parent taxon: Neitheidae according to T. R. Waller 2006
See also Aberhan 1994, Aberhan 1998, Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox et al. 1969, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Scholz et al. 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Neithea
Subtaxa: Weyla (Lywea) Weyla (Pseudovola) Weyla (Tosapecten) Weyla (Weyla) Weyla alata Weyla bodenbenderi Weyla cardioides Weyla cardiomorphus Weyla commutatus Weyla compressus Weyla cuneata Weyla curvicosta Weyla dilatatus Weyla domeykoi Weyla dufrenoyi Weyla excavatus Weyla goliath Weyla harneckeri Weyla kachhensis Weyla lycorrhynchus Weyla martinezi Weyla ntlakapamuxanus Weyla oxyrrhynchus Weyla paragogus Weyla pradoanus Weyla recticostata Weyla rollieri Weyla simplex Weyla sinuata Weyla stolpi Weyla subcarinatus Weyla titan
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (67 collections), Canada (193: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (220), Madagascar (4), Mexico (13), Spain (24), United States (8: Alaska, California, Nevada, Oregon)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Chile (1)
• Triassic of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 531 collections including 720 occurrences
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