Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Neritidae
Alternative combination: Nerita perversa
Synonyms: Velates floridanus Richards 1946, Velates schmideliana Trechmann 1923
Belongs to Velates according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Eames 1952, Iqbal 1973, Okan and Hosgor 2008, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1999, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Vokes 1935 and Woodring 1957
Sister taxa: Velates balkanicus, Velates batequensis, Velates californicus, Velates rogeri, Velates rugatus, Velates schmideli, Velates tebanensis, Velates vizcainoensis, Velates vokesi
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Bulgaria (1 collection), Italy (1)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (5), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Mexico (4), Pakistan (19), Panama (6), Spain (5), Turkey (1), United States (17: California, Florida)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Turkey (1)
• Paleocene of Pakistan (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 64 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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