†''Nerinea'' is an
extinct genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
fossil
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sea snails,
marine gastropod molluscs 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. Cur ...
.
Fossil record
This genus is present from the
Jurassic
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to the
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...
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]
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]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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