Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Neritidae
Parent taxon: Velatinae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Abbass 1967, Cushing Woods and Saul 1986, Iqbal 1973, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1999, Squires and Demetrion 1992 and Woodring 1957
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Velates balkanicus Velates batequensis Velates californicus Velates perversus Velates rogeri Velates rugatus Velates schmideli Velates tebanensis Velates vizcainoensis Velates vokesi
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Somalia (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Bulgaria (1), Italy (1), Romania (1)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (5), China (1), Croatia (3), Egypt (3), France (1), Germany (1), Haiti (3), Hungary (1), India (2), Indonesia (2), Italy (2), Jamaica (6), Mexico (7), Pakistan (19), Panama (6), Romania (2), Somalia (4), Spain (7), Turkey (2), United States (17: California, Florida)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Turkey (1)
• Paleocene of China (1), Mexico (1), Niger (1), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (1), Poland (1), United States (4: California)
Total: 109 collections including 111 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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