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Velates sp.

Holcim Crystal River Quarry, Citrus County, Florida, USA

Velates sp.

Holcim Crystal River Quarry, Citrus County, Florida, USA

Velates sp.

Holcim Crystal River Quarry, Citrus County, Florida, USA

Velates sp.

Holcim Crystal River Quarry, Citrus County, Florida, USA

Velates sp.

Holcim Crystal River Quarry, Citrus County, Florida, USA

Velates sp.

Holcim Crystal River Quarry, Citrus County, Florida, USA

Description

Velates is an extinct genus of marine gastropod mollusks belonging to the family Neritidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velates, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4616280	https://www.gbif.org/species/4616280
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9369	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9369

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Neritidae : Velates

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neritidae : Velates

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Orthogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
superorder	Neritopsina	Cox 1960
superfamily	Neritoidea
family	Neritidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Velatinae	Bandel 2001
genus	Velates	Montfort 1810

Scientific Name

Velates Montfort, 1810

Name Published In

Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)].

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Velates	genus	belongs to Neritinae	stated with evidence	Woodring, 1957
Velates	genus	belongs to Neritidae	stated without evidence	Abbass, 1967
Velates	genus	belongs to Neritinae	stated without evidence	Squires, 1984
Velates	genus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Velates	genus	belongs to Velatinae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

61.6 - 59.2 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Neritidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

omnivore, grazer (based on Neritidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Neritidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velates

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Velates balkanicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Velates batequensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Velates californicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	59.2 Ma Paleocene	59.2 Ma Paleocene
Velates granulosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Velates nigeriensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Velates noetlingi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Velates perversus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		57	59.2 Ma Paleocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Velates rogeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Velates rotundatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Velates rugatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Velates spiratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Velates tebanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Velates vizcainoensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Velates vokesi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	48.6 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1810	Velates Montfort p. 355
1957	Velates Woodring p. 66
1967	Velates Abbass p. 14
1973	Velates Iqbal p. 21
1984	Velates Squires p. 16
1987	Velates Squires p. 23
1992	Velates Squires and Demetrion p. 26
1999	Velates Squires p. 13
2002	Velates Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Velates Bouchet et al. pp. 182, 246

Year	Name and Author
1810	Velates Montfort p. 355
1957	Velates Woodring p. 66
1967	Velates Abbass p. 14
1973	Velates Iqbal p. 21
1984	Velates Squires p. 16
1987	Velates Squires p. 23
1992	Velates Squires and Demetrion p. 26
1999	Velates Squires p. 13
2002	Velates Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Velates Bouchet et al. pp. 182, 246

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Woodring W. P. (1957) Geology and Paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 A

Abbass H. L. (1967) A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods, United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph 4, 1-154

Iqbal M. W. A. (1973) Biostratigraphy of the Tiyon Formation (Middle Eocene) of Sind, Pakistan, Records of the Geological Survey of Pakistan 22, 1-40

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93

Squires R. L., Demetrion R. A. (1992) Paleontology of the Eocene Bateque Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 434, 1-55

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Conch. Syst., 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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