Nerinea

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Nerinea
Temporal range: Jurassic–Cretaceous
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Fossil shell of Nerinea from Italy
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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.

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Fossil record

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

Species in the genus Nerinea include: [3]

References

  1. ↑ (in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., ISBN   80-7067-599-3.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Paleobiology Database
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. 1 2 3 Yale Peabody Museum


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