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Neithea welwitschi

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae

Taxonomy

Janira welwitschi was named by Choffat (1888). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dombe-Grande (unknown level), which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in Angola.

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

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

Entered

by M. Clapham on 2018-02-24; modified by M. Clapham on 2020-06-21

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1888	Janira welwitschi Choffat p. 90 figs. Pl 5, fig 11
1957	Neithea welwitschi Dartevelle and Freneix p. 76

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

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Pectinidina	(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamily	Pectinoidea	Rafinesque 1815
—	Neitheoidae	Sobetski 1960
family	Neitheidae	Sobetzky 1960
genus	Neithea	Drouët 1825
species	welwitschi	()

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 welwitschi Choffat 1888

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

Age range: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Angola	Janira welwitschi (210862)