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Neithea ficalhoi

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae

Taxonomy
Janira ficalhoi was named by Choffat (1888). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dombe-Grande (couches à Pholadomya pleuromyaeformis), which is in an Aptian marine sandstone in Angola.

It was recombined as Neithea ficalhoi by Dartevelle and Freneix (1957).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. roemeri, N. striaticostata, N. subgranulata, N. inconstans, N. youngi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Janira ficalhoi Choffat p. 89 figs. Pl 5, figs 8-10
1957Neithea ficalhoi Dartevelle and Freneix p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—NeitheoidaeSobetski 1960
familyNeitheidaeSobetzky 1960
genusNeitheaDrouet 1824
speciesficalhoi()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Neithea ficalhoi Choffat 1888
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Diagnosis
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