Neithea welwitschi Choffat 1888 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheoidae

Alternative combination: Janira welwitschi

Full reference: P. Choffat. 1888. Description des fossiles crétaciques, mollusques, in Matériaux pour l'étude stratigraphique et paléontologique de la province d'Angola. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 30(2):61-95

Belongs to Neithea according to E. Dartevelle and S. Freneix 1957

See also Choffat 1888

Sister taxa: Neithea (Neithea), Neithea (Neithella), Neithea (Neitheops), Neithea angoliensis, Neithea biangulata, Neithea ficalhoi, Neithea morrisi, Neithea moutai, Neithea occidentalis, Neithea quinquecostata, Neithea regularis, Neithea salinasensis, Neithea sergipensis, Neithea tricostata, Neithea vicinalis, Neithea wrighti

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dombe-Grande (unknown level) (Cretaceous of Angola)

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