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