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Neithea

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Neithea Drouet
1949Neithea Stoyanow pp. 90, 91
2002Neithea Sepkoski
2010Neithea Bouchet et al.
2021Neithea Mendir et al. p. 12

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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

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 Drouet 1824
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Subg. †Neithea (Neithea) Drouet 1824
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†Neithea (Neithea) alpina Orbigny 1847
†Neithea (Neithea) atava Roemer 1839
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Invalid names: Neithea shawi Pervinquière 1912 [synonym]
†Neithea (Neithea) deshayana Matheron 1842
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Invalid names: Pecten (Neithea) planivalvis Cossmann 1916 [synonym]
†Neithea (Neithea) dutrugei Dutrugei 1862
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Invalid names: Pecten (Vola) zakarjensis Blanckenhorn 1934 [synonym]
†Neithea (Neithea) gibbosa Pultney 1813
†Neithea (Neithea) pseudobellula Chiplonkar and Tapaswi 1975
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Invalid names: Vola quinqueangularis Noetling 1897 [synonym]
Subg. †Neithea (Neithella) Hayami 1965
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†Neithea (Neithella) notabilis Münster 1833
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Invalid names: Janira cometa Orbigny 1847 [synonym]
†Neithea (Neithella) rotundata Freneix and Lefevre 1968
†Neithea (Neithella) valangiensis Pictet and Campiche 1870
†Neithea angoliensis Newton 1917
†Neithea biangulata Imlay 1940
†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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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 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
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 Berriasian to the top of the Danian or 145.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (400 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5Antarctica N. sp. (36802)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Mexico (Durango) N. atava (2157)
Neocomian145.0 - 125.77Romania (Bicaz Gorges) N. valanginiensis (138715 138716)
Neocomian145.0 - 125.77Japan (Wakayama) N. atava (40659)
Neocomian145.0 - 125.77Japan (Gumma) N. atava, N. notabilis (40488)
Neocomian145.0 - 125.77Japan (Tokushima) N. atava (39971)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Uzbekistan N. simbirskensis (39883)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Portugal N. atava (64952 65673 65674 65675)
Valanginian - Hauterivian139.8 - 129.4Tanzania N. lindiensis (79024)
Hauterivian - Valanginian132.9 - 132.9Italy (Sardinia) N. atava, N. valangiensis (2089)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) N. bexarensis (4259) N. quinquecostata (4248)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Austria (Lower Austria) N. coquandi (226428)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Egypt N. regularis (46599)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) N. bexarensis, N. sp. (4202) N. quinquecostata (4206 4207 4213 4214 4215 4216 4221 4222 4224 4225 4230) N. quinquecostatus (83225) N. sp. (4173 4176 4186 4198 4223 4229 4231)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland N. sexcostata (27818 27819 27822 28078)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Kazakhstan (Kustanai) N. sexcostata, N. striatocostata (186878)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) N. bexarensis (4171) N. sp. (4117 4137 4142 4143 4157)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Turkey N. sp. (34586 34587)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) N. bexarensis (4517 4522 7562) N. sp. (4520)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France N. quinquecostata (20816)