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Velates vizcainoensis

Gastropoda - Neritidae

Taxonomy
Velates vizcainoensis was named by Cushing Woods and Saul (1986). Its type specimen is UCLA 59421, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 27083, east of Bahía Sebastian Vizcaino, which is in a Paleocene marine sandstone/conglomerate in the Sepultura Formation of Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. nigeriensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Velates vizcainoensis Cushing Woods and Saul

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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
speciesvizcainoensis

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 vizcainoensis Cushing Woods and Saul 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available