Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Alternative combinations: Neithea aequicostata, Pecten aequicostatus
Belongs to Neithea (Neithea) according to G. W. Kendrick and A. V. Vartak 2007
See also Dartevelle and Freneix 1957, Dhondt 1973, Freneix and Odin 2001 and Newton 1917
Sister taxa: 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 Angola (1 collection), Egypt (2), France (2), Germany (1), India (1), Italy (3), Madagascar (1), Peru (1), Sweden (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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