Neithea regularis Schlotheim 1813 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheoidae

Alternative combinations: Neithea (Neithea) regularis, Pectinites regularis

Synonyms: Janira faujasi Pictet and Campiche 1870, Janira geinitzii Orbigny 1850, Janira quadricostata Orbigny 1847, Neithea quadricostata Sowerby 1814, Pecten quadricostata Sowerby 1814, Pectinites gryphaeatus Schlotheim 1820

Belongs to Neithea according to S. Schneider et al. 2013

See also Dartevelle and Freneix 1957, Dhondt 1973, Freneix and Odin 2001, Malchus et al. 1994, Maury 1936 and Newton 1917

Sister taxa: Neithea (Neithea), Neithea (Neithella), Neithea (Neitheops), Neithea angoliensis, Neithea biangulata, Neithea ficalhoi, Neithea morrisi, Neithea moutai, Neithea quinquecostata, Neithea salinasensis, Neithea sergipensis, Neithea tricostata, Neithea vicinalis, Neithea welwitschi

Subtaxa: Neithea quadricostata lastroensis Neithea quadricostata regoi

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Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Belgium (2), Brazil (6), Bulgaria (1), Egypt (1), France (6), Germany (2), Hungary (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), the Netherlands (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), Portugal (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (2)

Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence

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