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| Nerinea Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil shell of Nerinea from Italy | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | †Nerineidae |
| Genus: | †Nerinea Deshayes, 1827 |
Nerinea is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Heterobranchia.
Fossil record
[edit]This genus is present from the Jurassic to the Cretaceous periods.[1] Fossils are known from various localities of Europe, Africa, North America, South America, United States, Colorado river and New Zealand.[2]
Species
[edit]Species in the genus Nerinea include:[3]
- Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny, 1921[2]
- Nerinea gachupinae Alencaster, 1977[2]
- Nerinea higoensis Shikama & Yui, 1973
- Nerinea koikensis Shikama & Yui, 1973
- Nerinea naumanni Sugiyama & Asao, 1942
- Nerinea rigida Nagao, 1934
- Nerinea schickii - from Early Cretaceous, Albian - Syria[4]
- Nerinea shiidai Shikama & Yui, 1973
- Nerinea somaliensis Weir, 1925[2]
- Nerinea somensis Shikama & Yui, 1973
- Nerinea sugiyamai Shikama & Yui, 1942
- Nerinea suprjurensis Voltz - from Middle Jurassic, Upper Oolite. Porrentruy, Switzerland.[4]
- Nerinea syriaca Conrad - from Early Cretaceous, Albian - Syria[4]
Nerinea bononiensis
Nerinea fossils
Nerinea fossils
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References
[edit]- ↑ (in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.
- 1 2 3 4 Paleobiology Database
- ↑ Itaru HAYAMI & Tomoki KASE 1977. A SYSTEMATIC SURVEY OF THE PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC GASTROPODA AND PALEOZOIC BIVALVIA FROM JAPAN. PART I. PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC GASTROPODA. Bulletin No.13. The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Tokio.
- 1 2 3 Yale Peabody Museum
External links
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