Neithea (Neithea) aequicostata Lamarck 1819 (scallop)

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

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