Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Parent taxon: Neithea according to S. Mendir et al. 2021
See also Schneider et al. 2013
Sister taxa: 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
Subtaxa: Neithea (Neithea) aequicostata Neithea (Neithea) alpina Neithea (Neithea) atava Neithea (Neithea) coquandi Neithea (Neithea) deshayana Neithea (Neithea) dilatata Neithea (Neithea) dutrugei Neithea (Neithea) fleuriausiana Neithea (Neithea) gibbosa Neithea (Neithea) grandicosta Neithea (Neithea) hispanica Neithea (Neithea) pseudobellula Neithea (Neithea) sexangularis Neithea (Neithea) sexcostata Neithea (Neithea) striatocostata Neithea (Neithea) syriaca Neithea (Neithea) zitteli
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1 collection), Albania (1), Algeria (3), Angola (1), Austria (2), Belgium (1), Brazil (48), Bulgaria (1), Cuba (1), Denmark (3), Ecuador (1), Egypt (16), France (8), Gabon (1), Germany (8), India (2), Iran (6), Italy (8), Japan (14), Jordan (2), Kazakhstan (2), Lebanon (1), Libya (5), Madagascar (2), Mexico (3), the Netherlands (1), Oman (1), Peru (3), Poland (6), Portugal (7), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), South Atlantic (1), Spain (2), Sweden (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (4: California, Texas), Yemen (3)
Total: 185 collections including 204 occurrences