Nerinea

Nerinea; Temporal range: Jurassic–Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	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.

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 D'Orbigny, 1921
Nerinea gachupinae Alencaster, 1977
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
Nerinea shiidai Shikama & Yui, 1973
Nerinea somaliensis Weir, 1925
Nerinea somensis Shikama & Yui, 1973
Nerinea sugiyamai Shikama & Yui, 1942
Nerinea suprjurensis Voltz - from Middle Jurassic, Upper Oolite. Porrentruy, Switzerland.
Nerinea syriaca Conrad - from Early Cretaceous, Albian - Syria

Nerinea bononiensis
Nerinea fossils
Nerinea fossils

References

↑ (in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.
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↑ Itaru HAYAMI & Tomoki KASE 1977. A SYSTEMATIC SURVEY OF THE PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC GASTROPODA AND PALEOZOIC BIVALVIA FROM JAPAN. PART I. PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC GASTROPODA. Bulletin No.13. The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Tokio.
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[1] (in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.

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[3] Itaru HAYAMI & Tomoki KASE 1977. A SYSTEMATIC SURVEY OF THE PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC GASTROPODA AND PALEOZOIC BIVALVIA FROM JAPAN. PART I. PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC GASTROPODA. Bulletin No.13. The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Tokio.

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Nerinea Temporal range: Jurassic–Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Fossil shell of Nerinea from Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	†Nerineidae
Genus:	†Nerinea Deshayes, 1827