Neithea Explained

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.

Selected species

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

Further reading

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

Notes and References

1. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=16842 Neithea