†''Nerinea'' is an
extinct
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genus
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of
fossil
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sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
marine gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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s in the clade
Heterobranchia
Heterobranchia, the ''heterobranchs'' (meaning "different-gilled snails"), is a taxonomic clade of snails and slugs, which includes marine, aquatic and terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
Heterobranchia is one of the main clades of gastropods. Curr ...
.
Fossil record
This genus is present from the
Jurassic
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to the
Cretaceous
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periods. Fossils are known from various localities of Europe, Africa, North America, South America, United States, Colorado river and New Zealand.
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Species
Species in the genus ''Nerinea'' include:[Itaru HAYAMI & Tomoki KASE 1977]
ttp://www.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/publish_db/Bulletin/no13/no13009.html ''PART I. PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC GASTROPODA'' Bulletin No.13. The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Tokio.
* '' Nerinea desvoidyi'' D'Orbigny, 1921[
* '' Nerinea shiidai'' Shikama & Yui, 1973
* '' Nerinea somaliensis'' Weir, 1925]Middle Jurassic
The Middle Jurassic is the second epoch of the Jurassic Period. It lasted from about 174.1 to 163.5 million years ago. Fossils of land-dwelling animals, such as dinosaurs, from the Middle Jurassic are relatively rare, but geological formations co ...
, Upper Oolite. Porrentruy
Porrentruy (, fc, Poérreintru , german: Pruntrut) is a Swiss municipality and seat of the district of the same name located in the canton of Jura.
Porrentruy is home to National League team, HC Ajoie.
History
The first trace of human pre ...
, Switzerland.[Yale Peabody Museum]
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* '' Nerinea syriaca'' Conrad - from Early Cretaceous, Albian - Syria[
File:Nerinea bononiensis - Museum fur Naturkunde, Berlin - DSC00033.JPG, ''Nerinea bononiensis''
File:Fossiile teod (Nerinea).JPG, ''Nerinea'' fossils
File:Nerinea_unknown,_Courtedoux,_Switzerland.jpg, ''Nerinea'' fossils
]
References
External links
MNHN
Nerineidae
Jurassic genus first appearances
Cretaceous extinctions
Prehistoric mollusc genera
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