Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Neritidae
Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1935. The genus Velates in the Eocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 23(12):381-390
Belongs to Velates according to A. J. Cushing Woods and L. R. Saul 1986
See also Vokes 1935 and Woodring 1957
Sister taxa: Velates balkanicus, Velates batequensis, Velates perversus, Velates rogeri, Velates rugatus, Velates schmideli, Velates tebanensis, Velates vizcainoensis, Velates vokesi
Type specimen: UCMP 15482 and 15483 (syntypes), a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 3792, Runkle Canyon, which is in a Thanetian marine siliciclastic in the Santa Susana Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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