Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Parent taxon: Neitheidae according to S. Mendir et al. 2021
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Stoyanow 1949
Sister taxon: Weyla
Subtaxa: Neithea (Neithea) Neithea (Neithella) Neithea (Neitheops) Neithea angoliensis Neithea biangulata Neithea ficalhoi Neithea morrisi Neithea moutai Neithea occidentalis Neithea quinquecostata Neithea regularis Neithea salinasensis Neithea sergipensis Neithea tricostata Neithea vicinalis Neithea welwitschi Neithea wrighti
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 (18), 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 (83: Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas), Uzbekistan (1), Venezuela (2), Yemen (3)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)
Total: 400 collections including 469 occurrences
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