Neithea Drouet 1824 (scallop)

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 duplicicosta Neithea ficalhoi Neithea morrisi Neithea moutai Neithea occidentalis Neithea quinquecostata Neithea regularis Neithea salinasensis Neithea sergipensis Neithea texana Neithea tricostata Neithea vicinalis Neithea welwitschi Neithea wrighti

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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 (2), Slovenia (1), South Africa (2), South Atlantic (1), Spain (6), Sweden (1), Tanzania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (1), Turkey (3), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (3), the United Kingdom (21), United States (84: Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas), Uzbekistan (1), Venezuela (2), Yemen (3)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)

Total: 405 collections including 478 occurrences

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