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.(in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., . Fossils are known from various localities of Europe, Africa, North America, South America, United States, Colorado river and New Zealand.Paleobiology Database
Species Species in the genus Nerinea include:Itaru HAYAMI & Tomoki KASE 1977. A SYSTEMATIC SURVEY OF THE PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC GASTROPODA AND PALEOZOIC BIVALVIA FROM JAPAN. PART I. PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC GASTROPODA. Bulletin No.13. The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Tokio. 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.Yale Peabody Museum Nerinea syriaca Conrad - from Early Cretaceous, Albian - Syria
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External links MNHN Galerie photos de fossiles