Nerinea is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Heterobranchia.
Fossil record
This genus is present from the Jurassic to the Cretaceous periods. Fossils are known from various localities of Europe, Africa, North America, South America, United States, Colorado river and New Zealand.
Species
Species in the genus Nerinea include:
- Nerinea desvoidyi <small>D'Orbigny, 1921</small>
- Nerinea gachupinae <small>Alencaster, 1977</small>
- Nerinea higoensis <small>Shikama & Yui, 1973</small>
- Nerinea koikensis <small>Shikama & Yui, 1973</small>
- Nerinea naumanni <small>Sugiyama & Asao, 1942</small>
- Nerinea rigida <small>Nagao, 1934</small>
- Nerinea schickii - from Early Cretaceous, Albian - Syria
- Nerinea shiidai <small>Shikama & Yui, 1973</small>
- Nerinea somaliensis <small>Weir, 1925</small>
- Nerinea somensis <small>Shikama & Yui, 1973</small>
- Nerinea sugiyamai <small>Shikama & Yui, 1942</small>
- Nerinea suprjurensis <small>Voltz</small> - from Middle Jurassic, Upper Oolite. Porrentruy, Switzerland.
- Nerinea syriaca <small>Conrad</small> - from Early Cretaceous, Albian - Syria
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