Velates

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

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.

Species

Species within this genus include:

• † Velates balkanicus <small> Bontscheff, 1896</small>
• † Velates californicus <small> Vokes, 1935</small>
• † Velates perversus <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
• † Velates rogeri <small>Abbass, 1967</small>
• † Velates rugatus <small> Abbass, 1967</small>
• † Velates tebanensis <small>Abbass, 1967</small>
• † Velates vizcainoensis <small> Cushing Woods & Saul, 1986</small>
• † Velates vokesi <small>Cooke, 1946</small>

Description

These snails had a heavy, oval shell reaching a length of about . The earliest regular windings are visible at the top of the shell.

References

External links

• Cyril Walker & David Ward (1993) - Fossielen: Sesam Natuur Handboeken, Bosch & Keuning, Baarn.
• ALAN J. CUSHING WOODS AND L. R. SAUL NEW NERITIDAE FROM SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
• István Főzy, István Szente, Gareth Dyke Gastropod of the Genus Velates from the Florida Eocene