Neithea is an extinct genus of bivalve molluscs that lived from the Early Jurassic to the early Paleocene, with a worldwide distribution.[1] Neithia sp. are inequivalve. That means that the two valves are not the same shape, the right valve being strongly concave and the left valve being flattened or concave. Sculpture consist of alternating strong and weaker radiating ribs.

Neithea
Temporal range: Early Jurassic - early Paleocene
Fossil of Neithea striatocostata located at the Teylers Museum, Haarlem.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Neitheidae
Genus: Neithea
Meek, 1864

Selected species

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  • Neithea alpina
  • Neithea atava
  • Neithea biangulata
  • Neithea coquandi
  • Neithea gibbosa
  • Neithea hispanica
  • Neithea irregularis
  • Neithea morrisi
  • Neithea sexcostata
  • Neithea striatocostata

References

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Further reading

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  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 100)