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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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