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Neithea morrisi

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae

Taxonomy

Janira morrisi was named by Pictet and Renevier (1858).

It was recombined as Neithea morrisi by Douvillé (1916).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. aketoensis, N. alatus, N. aralensis, N. bellula, N. bexarensis, N. cometa, N. decemcostata, N. deshayesiana, N. globosa, N. grangei, N. hauthali, N. incostans, N. lindiensis, N. quinquangularis, N. roemeri, N. simbirskensis, N. stefanoi, N. striaticostata, N. subgranulata, N. syriaca, N. tenouklensis, N. bexarensis, N. dutrugeri, N. inconstans, N. kochiensis, N. matsumotoi, N. matsumotoi, N. nipponica, N. syriaca, N. youngi, N. bexarensis, Pecten bellulus, Pecten georgetownensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1858	Janira morrisi Pictet and Renevier p. 128 figs. Pl. 19, Fig. 2
1916	Neithea morrisi Douvillé p. 171 figs. Pl. 20, Fig. 17-18

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Pectinidina	(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamily	Pectinoidea	Rafinesque 1815
—	Neitheoidae	Sobetski 1960
family	Neitheidae	Sobetzky 1960
genus	Neithea	Drouet 1824
species	morrisi	(Pictet and Renevier 1858)

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 morrisi Pictet and Renevier 1858

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calciteo

Composition 2:

aragoniteo

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

actively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

epifaunalsuperf

Diet:

suspension feedersuperf

Vision:

limitedf

Created:

2010-06-29 01:49:15

Modified:

2010-06-29 03:49:15

Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 125.77000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Barremian	125.77 - 121.4	Portugal	Neithea morrisi (73329 73518)
Barremian - Aptian	125.77 - 113.2	Albania	Neithea morrisi (67452)
Early/Lower Aptian	121.4 - 119.57	Ethiopia	Neithea morrisi (46588)
Aptian	121.4 - 113.2	Portugal	Neithea morrisi (73504 73507 73543 73556)
Aptian	121.4 - 113.2	Egypt	Neithea morrisi (171270)
Late/Upper Aptian	119.57 - 113.2	Algeria	Janira morrisi (40789)