Velates
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| Genus: | † Velates |
Velates is an extinct genus of marine gastropod mollusks belonging to the family Neritidae.
These snails lived from Paleocene to the Miocene (age range: from 58.7 to 11.608 million years ago). Fossil shells within this genus have been found all over the world.[2]
Species[edit]
Species within this genus include:[2]
- † Velates balkanicus Bontscheff, 1896
- † Velates californicus Vokes, 1935
- † Velates perversus (Gmelin, 1791)
- † Velates rogeri Abbass, 1967
- † Velates rugatus Abbass, 1967
- † Velates tebanensis Abbass, 1967
- † Velates vizcainoensis Cushing Woods & Saul, 1986
- † Velates vokesi Cooke, 1946
Description[edit]
These snails had a heavy, oval shell reaching a length of about 30 millimetres (1.2 in). The earliest regular windings are visible at the top of the shell.
References[edit]
- ^ Montfort (1810). Conchyliologie systématique 2: 354.
- ^ a b Paleobiology Database
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Velates.
- Cyril Walker & David Ward (1993) - Fossielen: Sesam Natuur Handboeken, Bosch & Keuning, Baarn. ISBN 90-246-4924-2
- ALAN J. CUSHING WOODS AND L. R. SAUL NEW NERITIDAE FROM SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
- István Főzy, István Szente, Gareth Dyke Gastropod of the Genus Velates from the Florida Eocene