Velates
Extinct genus of gastropods
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Velates is an extinct genus of marine gastropod molluscs belonging to the family Neritidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Subfamily: | †Velatinae Bandel, 2001 |
| Genus: | †Velates Montfort, 1810[1] |
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.
