Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Alternative combinations: Neithea gibbosa, Pecten gibbosus
Belongs to Neithea (Neithea) according to G. W. Kendrick and A. V. Vartak 2007
See also Dartevelle and Freneix 1957, Dhondt 1973 and Quarto di Palo 1970
Sister taxa: 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) 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), India (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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