Nerinea
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| Nerinea Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil shell of Nerinea from Italy | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | †Nerineidae |
| Genus: | †Nerinea Deshayes, 1827 |
Nerinea is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Heterobranchia.
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]
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