Velates

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

Velates Temporal range: Paleocene - Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Velates species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Neritimorpha clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:	Neritoidea
Family:	Neritidae
Subfamily:	† Velatinae
Genus:	† Velates Montfort, 1810[1]

These snails lived from Paleocene to the Miocene (age range: from 58.7 to 11.608 million years ago). Fossil shells within this genus have been found all over the world.^[2]

Species

Species within this genus include:^[2]

• † Velates balkanicus Bontscheff, 1896
• † Velates californicus Vokes, 1935
• † Velates perversus (Gmelin, 1791)
• † Velates rogeri Abbass, 1967
• † Velates rugatus Abbass, 1967
• † Velates tebanensis Abbass, 1967
• † Velates vizcainoensis Cushing Woods & Saul, 1986
• † Velates vokesi Cooke, 1946

Description

These snails had a heavy, oval shell reaching a length of about 30 millimetres (1.2 in). The earliest regular windings are visible at the top of the shell.