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Neithea (Neithea) hispanica

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae

Taxonomy
Janira hispanica was named by Orbigny (1850).

It was recombined as Neithea (Neithea) hispanica by Dhondt (1973) 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
1850Janira hispanica Orbigny
1973Neithea (Neithea) hispanica Dhondt
2007Neithea (Neithea) hispanica Kendrick and Vartak p. 53 fig. 12C,D

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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
specieshispanica(Orbigny 1850)

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 Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Brazil Neithea hispanica (126858 126863 126865)
Albian - Turonian113.0 - 89.8Brazil Neithea hispanica (126835)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Brazil Neithea hispanica (126914)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil Neithea hispanica (126837 126840)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Peru Neithea hispanica (62026)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil Neithea hispanica (126825 126828 126832 126833 126842 126860 140980 141007 141022)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Peru Neithea hispanica (61994)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5India Neithea hispanica (228246)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil Neithea hispanica (140839)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil Neithea hispanica (126829)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil (Sergipe) Neithea hispanica (143176 143185)