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Neithea (Neithea) aequicostata

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae

Taxonomy
Pecten aequicostatus was named by Lamarck (1819).

It was recombined as Neithea aequicostata by Newton (1917) and Dartevelle and Freneix (1957); it was recombined as Neithea (Neithea) aequicostata by Dhondt (1973), Freneix and Odin (2001) and Kendrick and Vartak (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. roemeri, N. striaticostata, N. subgranulata, N. inconstans, N. youngi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Pecten aequicostatus Lamarck
1917Neithea aequicostata Newton p. 565 figs. Pl 1, figs 2,3
1957Neithea aequicostata Dartevelle and Freneix p. 73
1973Neithea (Neithea) aequicostata Dhondt
2001Neithea (Neithea) aequicostata Freneix and Odin p. 468 figs. Pl 1, figs 11,12
2007Neithea (Neithea) aequicostata Kendrick and Vartak p. 52 fig. 12A,B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—NeitheoidaeSobetski 1960
familyNeitheidaeSobetzky 1960
genusNeitheaDrouet 1824
subgenusNeitheaDrouet 1824
speciesaequicostata(Lamarck 1819)

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.

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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 Cenomanian or 105.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Neithea aequicostata (86497)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Sweden (Halland) Neithea aequicostata (38722)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Angola Neithea aequicostata (210726)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) Neithea aequicostata (142757)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Landes) Neithea aequicostata (213767)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Neithea aequicostata (66776)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Neithea aequicostata (74624)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Neithea aequicostata (85020)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5India Neithea aequicostata (228245)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Italy Neithea aequicostata (74197)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (Sinai) Neithea aequicostata (3757)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Peru Neithea aequicostata (61917)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Egypt (Sinai) Neithea aequicostata (3762)