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Neithea texana

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae

Taxonomy
Pecten texanus was named by Roemer (1852).

It was recombined as Neithea texana by Kues and Lucas (1993).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Pecten texanus Roemer p. 65 figs. Pl. VIII, fig. 3, a, b
1993Neithea texana Kues and Lucas p. 251

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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
speciestexana(Roemer 1852)

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 texana Roemer 1852
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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: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 106.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (New Mexico) Neithea texana (37561)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Ecuador Neithea texana (56769)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Pecten texanus (88748)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Mexico) Neithea texana (179775)