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Velates perversus

Gastropoda - Neritidae

Taxonomy
Nerita perversa was named by Gmelin (1791) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle-Late Eocene; Europe, Sahara, Arabian Peninsula, Russia, Myanmar, Pakistan, India, Tibet, Egypt, Iran, Turkey, Somalia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Velates perversus by Cox (1931), Vokes (1935), Eames (1952), Woodring (1957), Iqbal (1973), Woodring (1982), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Squires and Demetrion (1992), Squires (1999) and Okan and Hosgor (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. nigeriensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Nerita perversa Gmelin
1923Velates schmideliana Trechmann p. 347 figs. pl. 15, figs. 1-3
1931Velates perversus Cox pp. 36-37
1935Velates perversus Vokes p. 382 figs. Plate 25, figures 1????5; Plate 26, figures 1, 2
1946Velates floridanus Richards
1952Velates perversus Eames p. 12
1957Velates perversus Woodring p. 66
1973Velates perversus Iqbal p. 21
1982Velates perversus Woodring p. 724
1984Velates perversus Squires p. 16 figs. Figures 6b-c
1987Velates perversus Squires p. 23 figs. Figures 15-19
1992Velates perversus Squires and Demetrion p. 26
1999Velates perversus Squires p. 13 figs. Figures 22, 23
2008Velates perversus Okan and Hosgor p. 792

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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
speciesperversus(Gmelin 1791)

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 perversus Gmelin 1791
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Invalid names: Velates floridanus Richards 1946 [synonym], Velates schmideliana Trechmann 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available