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Neithea
Taxonomy
Neithea was named by Drouët (1825) [Sepkoski's age data: K Vala K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 545,789]. It is the type genus of Neitheidae.
It was reranked as Pecten (Neithea) by Woods (1902) and Kosnik (2002).
It was assigned to Pectinidae by Stoyanow (1949); to Neitheinae by Dhondt (1973); to Pecten by Woods (1902) and Kosnik (2002); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Neitheidae by Bouchet et al. (2010), Mendir et al. (2021).
It was reranked as Pecten (Neithea) by Woods (1902) and Kosnik (2002).
It was assigned to Pectinidae by Stoyanow (1949); to Neitheinae by Dhondt (1973); to Pecten by Woods (1902) and Kosnik (2002); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Neitheidae by Bouchet et al. (2010), Mendir et al. (2021).
Species
N. (Neithea), N. (Neithella), N. (Neitheops), N. angoliensis, N. biangulata, N. complexicosta, N. duplicicosta, N. ficalhoi, N. morrisi, N. moutai, N. occidentalis, N. quinquecostata, N. regularis (syn. N. quadricostata, Pectinites gryphaeatus, Janira quadricostata, Janira geinitzii, Janira faujasi), N. salinasensis, N. sergipensis, N. texana, N. tricostata, N. vicinalis, N. welwitschi, N. wrighti
Species lacking formal opinion data
N. aketoensis, N. alatus, N. aralensis, N. bellula, N. bexarensis, N. bexarensis, N. bexarensis, N. cometa, N. decemcostata, N. deshayesiana, N. dutrugeri, N. globosa, N. grangei, N. hauthali, N. inconstans, N. incostans, N. kochiensis, N. lindiensis, N. matsumotoi, N. matsumotoi, N. nipponica, N. quinquangularis, N. roemeri, N. simbirskensis, N. stefanoi, N. striaticostata, N. subgranulata, N. syriaca, N. syriaca, N. tenouklensis, N. youngi, Pecten bellulus, Pecten georgetownensis
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2026-06-05
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1825 | Neithea Drouët |
| 1902 | Pecten (Neithea) Woods |
| 1949 | Neithea Stoyanow pp. 90, 91 |
| 1973 | Neithea Dhondt |
| 2002 | Neithea Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Neithea Bouchet et al. |
| 2021 | Neithea Mendir et al. p. 12 |
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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.
G. †Neithea Drouët 1825
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Subg. †Neithea (Neithea) Drouet 1824
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†Neithea (Neithea) aequicostata Lamarck 1819
†Neithea (Neithea) alpina Orbigny 1847
†Neithea (Neithea) atava Roemer 1839
†Neithea (Neithea) deshayana Matheron 1842
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Invalid names: Pecten (Neithea) planivalvis Cossmann 1916 [synonym]
†Neithea (Neithea) dilatata Orbigny 1847
†Neithea (Neithea) dutrugei Dutrugei 1862
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Invalid names: Pecten (Vola) zakarjensis Blanckenhorn 1934 [synonym]
†Neithea (Neithea) fleuriausiana Orbigny 1847
†Neithea (Neithea) gibbosa Pultney 1813
†Neithea (Neithea) grandicosta Gabb 1869
†Neithea (Neithea) hispanica Orbigny 1850
†Neithea (Neithea) pseudobellula Chiplonkar and Tapaswi 1975
†Neithea (Neithea) sexangularis Orbigny 1847
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Invalid names: Vola quinqueangularis Noetling 1897 [synonym]
†Neithea (Neithea) sexcostata Woodward 1833
†Neithea (Neithea) striatocostata Goldfuss 1833
†Neithea (Neithea) syriaca Conrad 1852
†Neithea (Neithea) zitteli Pirona 1884
Subg. †Neithea (Neithella) Hayami 1965
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†Neithea (Neithella) rotundata Freneix and Lefevre 1968
†Neithea (Neithella) valangiensis Pictet and Campiche 1870
†Neithea angoliensis Newton 1917
†Neithea biangulata Imlay 1940
†Neithea complexicosta Gabb 1876
†Neithea duplicicosta Roemer 1849
†Neithea ficalhoi Choffat 1888
†Neithea morrisi Pictet and Renevier 1858
†Neithea moutai Rennie 1945
†Neithea occidentalis Conrad 1855
†Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814
†Neithea regularis Schlotheim 1813
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†Neithea quadricostata lastroensis Maury 1936
Invalid names: Janira faujasi Pictet and Campiche 1870 [synonym], Janira geinitzii Orbigny 1850 [synonym], Janira quadricostata Orbigny 1847 [synonym], Neithea quadricostata Sowerby 1814 [synonym], Pectinites gryphaeatus Schlotheim 1820 [synonym]
†Neithea salinasensis Rennie 1945
†Neithea sergipensis White 1887
†Neithea texana Roemer 1852
†Neithea tricostata Coquand 1862
†Neithea vicinalis Stoyanow 1949
†Neithea welwitschi Choffat 1888
†Neithea wrighti Shumard 1860
Invalid names: Neithea (Neitheops) Stewart 1930 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available