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Velates

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Velates
Temporal range: Paleocene - Miocene
Fossil of Velates species
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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Montfort (1810). Conchyliologie systématique 2: 354.
  2. ^ a b Paleobiology Database
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  • 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