Velates
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| Genus: | Velates Montfort 1810
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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.[1]
Species
Species within this genus include:[1]
- †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 and Saul 1986
- †Velates vokesi Cooke 1946
Description
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
- 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