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Neithea occidentalis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae

Taxonomy

Neithea occidentalis was named by Conrad (1855).

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
1855	Neithea occidentalis Conrad p. 269

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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	occidentalis	Conrad 1855

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 occidentalis Conrad 1855

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

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Albian or 119.57000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian	119.57 - 113.2	Mexico (Baja California)	Neithea occidentalis (1878)
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	USA (New Mexico)	Neithea occidentalis (37561 37562)
Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian	110.1 - 93.9	Venezuela (Trujillo)	Neithea occidentalis (64455)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian	106.3 - 93.9	Venezuela (Trujillo)	Neithea occidentalis (64457)