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Velatinae

Gastropoda - Neritidae

Taxonomy
Velatinae was named by Bandel (2001).

It was assigned to Neritidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Subtaxa
Velates

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Velatinae Bandel
2005Velatinae Bouchet et al. p. 246

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNeritidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVelatinaeBandel 2001
subfamilyVelatinaeBandel 2001

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Velatinae Bandel 2001
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G. †Velates Montfort 1810
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†Velates balkanicus Bontscheff 1896
†Velates batequensis Squires and Demetrion 1990
†Velates californicus Vokes 1935
†Velates noorpoorensis d'Archiac and Haime 1853
†Velates perversus Gmelin 1791
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Invalid names: Velates floridanus Richards 1946 [synonym], Velates schmideliana Trechmann 1923 [synonym]
†Velates rogeri Abbass 1967
†Velates rugatus Abbass 1967
†Velates schmideli Chemnitz 1786
†Velates tebanensis Abbass 1967
†Velates vizcainoensis Cushing Woods and Saul 1986
†Velates vokesi Cooke 1946
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Invalid names: Neritina grandis Cooke 1919 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-02-28 03:00:43
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:38:05
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 61.66000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (109 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Nigeria Velates nigeriensis (7791)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Pakistan Velates perversus (77287)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Velates californicus (220392)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Mexico (Baja California) Velates vizcainoensis (220401)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Velates californicus (185193 185194 185195)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0China (Tibet) Velates tibeticus (76994)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Poland Velates equinus (27019)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Niger Velates schmideli (83985)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07Türkiye (Central Anatolia) Velates perversus (99342)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Pakistan Velates perversus (77304 77380 77395)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07China (Tibet) Velates tibeticus (76993)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07India Velates noetlingi (42873) Velates sp. (42885)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Mexico (Baja California) Velates perversus (5499 5506)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Velates perversus (177612 178719 178720 185192 221113 221114)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Mexico (Baja California Sur) Velates batequensis (7928) Velates perversus (5507) Velates perversus, Velates batequensis (5496)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Spain Velates perversus (75375 75386 75412 75416 75417)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Pakistan Velates perversus (79074 183831 183832 183833 183834 183835 183836 183837 183838 183839 183840)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Bulgaria Velates perversus (103770)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Türkiye (Yerkoy) Velates perversus (98010)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Haiti Velates sp. (61190)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Spain (Cataluna) Velates sp. (76987)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Indonesia (Central Java) Velates rotundatus (179075)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Jamaica Velates sp. (5241)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Florida) Velates floridanus (41446)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Türkiye Velates schmidelianus (40793)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan Velates perversus (47022 77376 77381 77382)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Bulgaria Velates perversus (104015)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Velates perversus (207185 207186 207187 221112)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Egypt Velates rogeri (2955)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Spain Velates sp. (165181)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Neritina grandis (43753 43754)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Indonesia Velates rotundatus (70082)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Hungary Velates schmidelianus (171633)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Velates pervesus (78567)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Romania Velates schmidelianus (101884)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Florida) Velates floridanus (49882)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Italy Velates perversus (177603)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Egypt Velates rugatus (2958) Velates tebanensis (2959)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Croatia Velates schmidelianus (124309 124372 124373)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Pakistan Velates perversus (77396)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Jamaica Velates perversus (60962) Velates sp. (8122 60966 111543 111544)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Haiti Neritina grandis (60601 60606)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Somalia Velates pervesus (78566) Velates sp. (78816 78817 78818)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Panama Velates perversus (42484 42485 42487 42488 42495 92978)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Romania Velates schmidelianus (101967)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Bulgaria (Khaskovo) Velates perversus (170995)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Velates schmiedelianus (10703)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Bulgaria Velates perversus (102289)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) Velates floridanus (3535 3536 41474 61109 91878)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy Velates pervesus (78565)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Bulgaria (Burgas) Velates perversus (102350)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Romania Velates schmidelianus (187379)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Bulgaria Velates perversus (103886)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Italy Velates perversus (180394)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Somalia Velates sp. (79077)