Velates

Velates Temporal range: Paleocene - Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Velates species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Subfamily:	†Velatinae Bandel, 2001
Genus:	†Velates Montfort, 1810

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 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.

References

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• Cyril Walker & David Ward (1993) - Fossielen: Sesam Natuur Handboeken, Bosch & Keuning, Baarn. ISBN 90-246-4924-2
• 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