Velates is an extinct genus of marine gastropod molluscs belonging to the family Neritidae.
These snails lived from Paleocene to the Miocene (age range: from 58.7 to 11.608 million years ago). Fossil shells within this genus have been found all over the world.
Species Species within this genus include:Paleobiology Database † Velates balkanicus Bontscheff, 1896 † Velates californicus Vokes, 1935 † Velates perversus (Gmelin, 1791) † Velates rogeri Abbass, 1967 † Velates rugatus Abbass, 1967 † Velates tebanensis Abbass, 1967 † Velates vizcainoensis Cushing Woods & Saul, 1986 † Velates vokesi Cooke, 1946
Description These snails had a heavy, oval shell reaching a length of about . The earliest regular windings are visible at the top of the shell.
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Cyril Walker & David Ward (1993) - Fossielen: Sesam Natuur Handboeken, Bosch & Keuning, Baarn. ALAN J. CUSHING WOODS AND L. R. SAUL NEW NERITIDAE FROM SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA István Főzy, István Szente, Gareth Dyke Gastropod of the Genus Velates from the Florida Eocene