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Neithea alpina (A. d'Orbigny, 1847) †
1638911 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1638911)
accepted
Species
Janira alpina A. d'Orbigny, 1847 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Janira doumerci A. Péron, 1877 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Janira ficalhoi Choffat, 1888 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neithea bahianensis Brito, 1967 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neithea occidentalis Conrad, 1855 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pecten tricostatus Bayle, 1849 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Janira alpina A. d'Orbigny, 1847 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1844-1848). <i>Paléontologie française. Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux Mollusques et Rayonnés fossiles de France. Terrains crétacés</i>. Volume 3. Pelecypoda. 807 pp, Victor Masson, Paris (1-288 [1844]; 289-480 [1845]; 481-512 [1846]; 513-688 [1847]; 689-807 [1848]). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/73207
page(s): 643, pl. 446, figs 4-8 [details]
page(s): 643, pl. 446, figs 4-8 [details]
Fossil range Iba & Sano (2008) indicate an unrealistically long stratigaphic range for the species (Aptian to Maastrichtian). Probably...
Fossil range Iba & Sano (2008) indicate an unrealistically long stratigaphic range for the species (Aptian to Maastrichtian). Probably these finds concerns multiple species. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Neithea alpina (A. d'Orbigny, 1847) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1638911 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Neithea occidentalis Conrad, 1855 †) Conrad, T. A. (1855). Descriptions of one Tertiary and eight New Cretaceous Fossils from Texas, in the Collection of Major Emory. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7: 268-269., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694382
page(s): 269 [details]
original description (of Pecten tricostatus Bayle, 1849 †) Bayle, E. (1849). Sur quelques fossiles de la province de Constantine. In: Fournel, H. (Ed): Richesse minérale de l'Algérie. Tome Premier. Carilian-Goeurg et V. Dalmont, Paris, pp. 359-379., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5452181r/f382.item.texteImage
page(s): 369-370, pl. 18, fig. 30 [details]
original description (of Janira doumerci A. Péron, 1877 †) Péron, A. (1877). Observations sur la Faune des Calcaires à Échinides de Rennes-les-Bains et sur quelques Fossiles du terrain crétacé supérieur. <em>Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, troisième série.</em> 5: 499-535, pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55166727
page(s): 508-509, pl. 7, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Janira ficalhoi Choffat, 1888 †) Choffat, P.; de Loriol, P. (1888). Matériaux pour l'étude stratigraphique et paléontologique de la province d'Angola. <em>Memoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 30(2): 1-95, pls. 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14287274
page(s): 89-90, pl. 5, figs 8-10 [details]
original description (of Neithea bahianensis Brito, 1967 †) Brito, I. M. (1967). Novas ocorrências de lamelibrânquios no Cretáceo da Bahia. Departamento Nacional da Produção Mineral, Divisão de Geologia, Notas preliminares e estudos, 139: 1-9.
page(s): 5, pl. 1, figs 1-6 [details]
original description (of Janira alpina A. d'Orbigny, 1847 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1844-1848). <i>Paléontologie française. Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux Mollusques et Rayonnés fossiles de France. Terrains crétacés</i>. Volume 3. Pelecypoda. 807 pp, Victor Masson, Paris (1-288 [1844]; 289-480 [1845]; 481-512 [1846]; 513-688 [1847]; 689-807 [1848]). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/73207
page(s): 643, pl. 446, figs 4-8 [details]
basis of record Iba, Y.; Sano, S.-I. (2008). Paleobiogeography of the pectinid bivalve <i>Neithea</i>, and its pattern of step-wise demise in the Albian Northwest Pacific. <em>Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.</em> 267: 138-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.07.002 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Dhondt, A. V. (1973). Systematic revision of the subfamily Neitheinae (Pectinidae, Bivalvia, Mollusca) of the European Cretaceous. <em>Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique - Mémoires.</em> 176: 1-101.
page(s): 16-20 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dhondt, A. V. (1982). Some Spanish Cretaceous bivalves. <em>Cuadernos Geología Ibérica.</em> 9: 847-865.
page(s): 851 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 269 [details]
original description (of Pecten tricostatus Bayle, 1849 †) Bayle, E. (1849). Sur quelques fossiles de la province de Constantine. In: Fournel, H. (Ed): Richesse minérale de l'Algérie. Tome Premier. Carilian-Goeurg et V. Dalmont, Paris, pp. 359-379., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5452181r/f382.item.texteImage
page(s): 369-370, pl. 18, fig. 30 [details]
original description (of Janira doumerci A. Péron, 1877 †) Péron, A. (1877). Observations sur la Faune des Calcaires à Échinides de Rennes-les-Bains et sur quelques Fossiles du terrain crétacé supérieur. <em>Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, troisième série.</em> 5: 499-535, pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55166727
page(s): 508-509, pl. 7, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Janira ficalhoi Choffat, 1888 †) Choffat, P.; de Loriol, P. (1888). Matériaux pour l'étude stratigraphique et paléontologique de la province d'Angola. <em>Memoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 30(2): 1-95, pls. 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14287274
page(s): 89-90, pl. 5, figs 8-10 [details]
original description (of Neithea bahianensis Brito, 1967 †) Brito, I. M. (1967). Novas ocorrências de lamelibrânquios no Cretáceo da Bahia. Departamento Nacional da Produção Mineral, Divisão de Geologia, Notas preliminares e estudos, 139: 1-9.
page(s): 5, pl. 1, figs 1-6 [details]
original description (of Janira alpina A. d'Orbigny, 1847 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1844-1848). <i>Paléontologie française. Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux Mollusques et Rayonnés fossiles de France. Terrains crétacés</i>. Volume 3. Pelecypoda. 807 pp, Victor Masson, Paris (1-288 [1844]; 289-480 [1845]; 481-512 [1846]; 513-688 [1847]; 689-807 [1848]). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/73207
page(s): 643, pl. 446, figs 4-8 [details]
basis of record Iba, Y.; Sano, S.-I. (2008). Paleobiogeography of the pectinid bivalve <i>Neithea</i>, and its pattern of step-wise demise in the Albian Northwest Pacific. <em>Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.</em> 267: 138-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.07.002 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dhondt, A. V. (1973). Systematic revision of the subfamily Neitheinae (Pectinidae, Bivalvia, Mollusca) of the European Cretaceous. <em>Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique - Mémoires.</em> 176: 1-101.
page(s): 16-20 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dhondt, A. V. (1982). Some Spanish Cretaceous bivalves. <em>Cuadernos Geología Ibérica.</em> 9: 847-865.
page(s): 851 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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Fossil range Iba & Sano (2008) indicate an unrealistically long stratigaphic range for the species (Aptian to Maastrichtian). Probably these finds concerns multiple species. [details]
