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Velates californicus

Gastropoda - Neritidae

Taxonomy
Velates californicus was named by Vokes (1935). Its type specimen is UCMP 15482 and 15483 (syntypes), a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 3792, Runkle Canyon, which is in a Thanetian marine siliciclastic in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. equinus, V. nigeriensis, V. noetlingi, V. pervesus, V. rotundatus, V. schmidelianus, V. schmiedelianus, V. tibeticus, V. schmidelianus
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2009-10-02; modified by J. Marcot on 2021-02-18

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Velates californicus Vokes p. 384 figs. pl. 26, figs. 3-8
1957Velates californicus Woodring p. 67
1986Velates californicus Cushing Woods and Saul pp. 647 - 649 figs. Figures 5.15-5.16, 5.18-5.19, 5.21

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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
genusVelatesMontfort 1810
speciescalifornicus

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.

†Velates californicus Vokes 1935
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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: Late/Upper Paleocene or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Velates californicus (220392)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Velates californicus (type locality: 185194 185195)