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Neithea alpina

Status not recordedmolluscsExtinct

Neithea alpina is a species in the family Neitheidae, order Pectinida.

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Quick facts about Neithea alpina

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Neithea alpina live?

Not recorded

Is Neithea alpina endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Neithea alpina classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderPectinida
  5. familyNeitheidae
  6. genusNeithea
  7. SpeciesNeithea alpina (A. d'Orbigny, 1847)

Synonyms Janira alpina, Janira doumerci, Janira ficalhoi, Neithea bahianensis, Neithea occidentalis, Pecten tricostatus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Neithea alpina

Other species in the same genus Neithea.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Neithea alpina?

Neithea alpina (Neithea alpina) belongs to the family Neitheidae in the order Pectinida.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Neithea alpina (Neithea alpina). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/neithea-alpina

MLA

“Neithea alpina (Neithea alpina).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/neithea-alpina.

BibTeX
@misc{neithea_alpina_2026,
  title = {Neithea alpina (Neithea alpina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/neithea-alpina},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}