Nerinea
Extinct genus of gastropods
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Nerinea is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Heterobranchia.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | †Nerineidae |
| Genus: | †Nerinea Deshayes, 1827 |
Fossil record
This genus is present from the Jurassic to the Cretaceous periods.[1] Fossils are known from various localities of Europe, Africa, North America, South America, United States, Colorado river and New Zealand.[2]
Species
Species in the genus Nerinea include:[3]
- Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny, 1921[2]
- Nerinea gachupinae Alencaster, 1977[2]
- Nerinea higoensis Shikama & Yui, 1973
- Nerinea koikensis Shikama & Yui, 1973
- Nerinea naumanni Sugiyama & Asao, 1942
- Nerinea rigida Nagao, 1934
- Nerinea schickii - from Early Cretaceous, Albian - Syria[4]
- Nerinea shiidai Shikama & Yui, 1973
- Nerinea somaliensis Weir, 1925[2]
- Nerinea somensis Shikama & Yui, 1973
- Nerinea sugiyamai Shikama & Yui, 1942
- Nerinea suprjurensis Voltz - from Middle Jurassic, Upper Oolite. Porrentruy, Switzerland.[4]
- Nerinea syriaca Conrad - from Early Cretaceous, Albian - Syria[4]
Nerinea bononiensis
Nerinea fossils
Nerinea fossils
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