Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Parent taxon: Pectinoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Entolioididae, Huncalotis, Pectinoidae, Dreisseniidae, Pecten politus, Inoceramus auriculatus, Newellipecten, Fasciculiconcha, Protopalliolum, Terquemiidae, Deltopectenidae
Subtaxa: Neitheidae Tosapectinidae
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 (21), United States (94: 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: 947 collections including 1212 occurrences