Nerinea

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

Nerinea is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Heterobranchia.

Fossil record

This genus is present from the Jurassic to the Cretaceous periods.[2] Fossils are known from various localities of Europe, Africa, North America, South America, United States, Colorado river and New Zealand.[3]

Species

Species in the genus Nerinea include:[4]

References

  1. Defrance (1824). Bull. univ. Sci. Nat.: 284; (1825). Dict. Sci. Nat. 34: 462.
  2. (in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Paleobiology Database
  4. 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.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Yale Peabody Museum

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