†''Nerinea'' is an

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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 ...

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s in the clade Heterobranchia.

Fossil record

This genus is present from the

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to the

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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.Paleobiology Database
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Species

Species in the genus ''Nerinea'' include:Itaru HAYAMI & Tomoki KASE 1977

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Nerinea desvoidyi †''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. Fossils are known from various localities of Europ ...

'' D'Orbigny, 1921 * ''

Nerinea gachupinae †''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. Fossils are known from various localities of Europe ...

'' Alencaster, 1977 * ''

Nerinea higoensis †''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. Fossils are known from various localities of Europe ...

'' Shikama & Yui, 1973 * ''

Nerinea koikensis †''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. Fossils are known from various localities of Europ ...

'' Shikama & Yui, 1973 * ''

Nerinea naumanni †''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. Fossils are known from various localities of Europ ...

'' Sugiyama & Asao, 1942 * ''

Nerinea rigida †''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. Fossils are known from various localities of Europ ...

'' Nagao, 1934 * ''

Nerinea schickii †''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. Fossils are known from various localities of Europ ...

'' - from Early Cretaceous, Albian - Syria * ''

Nerinea shiidai †''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. Fossils are known from various localities of Europ ...

'' Shikama & Yui, 1973 * ''

Nerinea somaliensis †''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. Fossils are known from various localities of Europ ...

'' Weir, 1925 * ''

Nerinea somensis †''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. Fossils are known from various localities of Europ ...

'' Shikama & Yui, 1973 * ''

Nerinea sugiyamai †''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. Fossils are known from various localities of Europ ...

'' Shikama & Yui, 1942 * ''

Nerinea suprjurensis †''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. Fossils are known from various localities of Europ ...

'' Voltz - from

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 ...

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. Porrentruy, Switzerland.Yale Peabody Museum
/ref> * '' 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

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Nerineidae Jurassic genus first appearances Cretaceous extinctions Prehistoric mollusc genera {{paleo-gastropod-stub