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Neithea
Temporal range: Early Jurassic - early Paleocene
Fossil of Neithea striatocostata located at the Teylers Museum, Haarlem.
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Neithea

Meek, 1864

Neithea is an extinct genus of bivalve mollusks 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.

Selected species

  • Neithea alpina
  • Neithea biangulata
  • Neithea coquandi
  • Neithea hispanica
  • Neithea irregularis
  • Neithea morrisi
  • Neithea striatocostata

References

Further reading

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