Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Parent taxon: Pectinoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Entolioididae, Huncalotis, Pectinoidae, Terquemiidae, Deltopectenidae, Protopalliolum, Dreisseniidae, Newellipecten, Fasciculiconcha
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), Brazil (62), Bulgaria (1), Cuba (1), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (3), Ecuador (3), Egypt (23), Ethiopia (2), France (17), Gabon (1), Germany (10), Hungary (1), India (4), Iran (7), Italy (8), Jamaica (2), Japan (18), Jordan (3), Kazakhstan (2), Lebanon (1), Libya (6), Madagascar (11), Mexico (11), Mozambique (4), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (3), Nigeria (1), Oman (5), Pakistan (2), Peru (4), Poland (6), Portugal (15), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovenia (1), South Africa (2), South Atlantic (1), Spain (4), Sweden (1), Tanzania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (1), Turkey (3), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (3), the United Kingdom (20), United States (82: 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 (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: 929 collections including 1187 occurrences