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Velates

Gastropoda - Neritidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Velates Montfort p. 355
1957Velates Woodring p. 66
1967Velates Abbass p. 14
1973Velates Iqbal p. 21
1984Velates Squires p. 16
1986Velates Cushing Woods and Saul p. 641
1987Velates Squires p. 23
1992Velates Squires and Demetrion p. 26
1999Velates Squires p. 13
2002Velates Sepkoski
2005Velates Bouchet et al. pp. 182, 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
genusVelatesMontfort 1810

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.

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 61.60000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (109 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria V. nigeriensis (7791)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland V. equinus (27019)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0China (Tibet) V. tibeticus (76994)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Niger V. schmideli (83985)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) V. californicus (185193 185194 185195)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Turkey (Central Anatolia) V. perversus (99342)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mexico (Baja California) V. vizcainoensis (220401)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Pakistan V. perversus (77287)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (California) V. californicus (220392)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain V. perversus (75375 75386 75412 75416 75417)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Turkey (Yerkoy) V. perversus (98010)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) V. batequensis (7928) V. perversus (5507) V. perversus, V. batequensis (5496)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan V. perversus (79074 183831 183832 183833 183834 183835 183836 183837 183838 183839 183840)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Baja California) V. perversus (5499 5506)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) V. perversus (177612 178719 178720 185192 221113 221114)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Bulgaria V. perversus (103770)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Haiti V. sp. (61190)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Pakistan V. perversus (77304 77380 77395)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India V. noetlingi (42873) V. sp. (42885)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Tibet) V. tibeticus (76993)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) V. perversus (207185 207186 207187 221112)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Jamaica V. sp. (5241)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt V. rogeri (2955)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Florida) V. floridanus (41446)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Turkey V. schmidelianus (40793)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Bulgaria V. perversus (104015)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Indonesia (Central Java) V. rotundatus (179075)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Cataluna) V. sp. (76987)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan V. perversus (47022 77376 77381 77382)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Spain V. sp. (165181)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Hungary V. schmidelianus (171633)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Neritina grandis (43753 43754)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Indonesia V. rotundatus (70082)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France V. pervesus (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt V. rugatus (2958) V. tebanensis (2959)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Croatia V. schmidelianus (124309 124372 124373)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) V. floridanus (49882)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Italy V. perversus (177603)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Romania V. schmidelianus (101884)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Khaskovo) V. perversus (170995)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Burgas) V. perversus (102350)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria V. perversus (102289)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy V. pervesus (78565)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania V. schmidelianus (101967)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) V. schmiedelianus (10703)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) V. floridanus (3535 3536 41474 61109 91878)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Jamaica V. perversus (60962) V. sp. (8122 60966 111543 111544)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama V. perversus (42484 42485 42487 42488 42495 92978)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Somalia V. pervesus (78566) V. sp. (78816 78817 78818)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Haiti Neritina grandis (60601 60606)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Pakistan V. perversus (77396)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Romania V. schmidelianus (187379)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Bulgaria V. perversus (103886)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Italy V. perversus (180394)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Somalia V. sp. (79077)