Velates

Velates is an extinct genus of marine gastropod mollusks belonging to the family Neritidae.

Velates
Temporal range:
Fossil of Velates species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Neritoidea
Family:
Neritidae
Subfamily:
† Velatinae
Genus:
† Velates

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

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

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
  1. Montfort (1810). Conchyliologie systématique 2: 354.
  2. Paleobiology Database
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