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Nerinea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Nerineoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Nerineidae

Rank
  
Genus

Nerinea nerineajpg

Similar
  
Nerineidae, Trigonia, Tylostomatidae, Trochactaeon, Pholadomya

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

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Nerinea


Fossil record

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This genus is present from the Jurassic to the Cretaceous periods. Fossils are known from various localities of Europe, Africa, North America, South America, China and New Zealand.

Species

Species in the genus Nerinea include:

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  • Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny 1921
  • Nerinea gachupinae Alencaster 1977
  • Nerinea higoensis Shikama & Yui, 1973
  • Nerinea koikensis Shikama & Yui, 1973
  • Nerinea naumanni Sugiyama & Asao, 1942
  • Nerinea rigida Nagao, 1934
  • Nerinea schickii - from Early Cretaceous, Albian - Syria
  • Nerinea shiidai Shikama & Yui, 1973
  • Nerinea somaliensis Weir 1925
  • Nerinea somensis Shikama & Yui, 1973
  • Nerinea sugiyamai Shikama & Yui, 1942
  • Nerinea suprjurensis Voltz from Middle Jurassic, Upper Oolite. Porrentruy, Switzerland.
  • Nerinea syriaca Conrad - from Early Cretaceous, Albian - Syria

    • Nerinea Fossil specimen FIGUR Nerinea mosae DESHAYES 1827

    References

    Nerinea Wikipedia
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