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Velates rugatus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4954073	https://www.gbif.org/species/4954073
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	111427	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=111427

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

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

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neritidae : Velates : Velates rugatus

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
species	Velates rugatus	Abbass 1967

Generic Name

Velates

Scientific Name

Velates rugatus Abbass, 1967

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Velates rugatus	species	belongs to Velates	stated with evidence	Abbass, 1967

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene

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)

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

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1967	Velates rugatus Abbass p. 16 figs. pl. 2, figs. 13-14

References

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

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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