Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Alternative combinations: Janira coquandi, Neithea coquandi
Synonyms: Neithea shawi Pervinquière 1912, Pecten (Neithea) shawi Pervinquière 1912
Belongs to Neithea (Neithea) according to S. Mendir et al. 2021
See also Dartevelle and Freneix 1957, Dhondt 1973 and Schneider et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Neithea (Neithea) aequicostata, Neithea (Neithea) alpina, Neithea (Neithea) atava, 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 Algeria (2 collections), Austria (2), Brazil (20), Egypt (2), Germany (2), Libya (2), Madagascar (1), South Atlantic (1)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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