{{Short description|Extinct genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|58.7|11.608|Paleocene - Miocene}} | image = Neritidae - Velates species.JPG | image_caption = Fossil of ''Velates'' species | parent_authority = Bandel, 2001 | taxon = Velates | authority = Montfort, 1810<ref>Montfort (1810). ''Conchyliologie systématique'' '''2''': 354.</ref> }}
'''''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.<ref name=AA/>
==Species== Species within this genus include:<ref name=AA>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9369 Paleobiology Database]</ref> * † ''Velates balkanicus'' <small> Bontscheff, 1896</small> * † ''Velates californicus'' <small> Vokes, 1935</small> * † ''Velates perversus '' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> * † ''Velates rogeri '' <small>Abbass, 1967</small> * † ''Velates rugatus'' <small> Abbass, 1967</small> * † ''Velates tebanensis '' <small>Abbass, 1967</small> * † ''Velates vizcainoensis'' <small> Cushing Woods & Saul, 1986</small> * † ''Velates vokesi '' <small>Cooke, 1946</small>
==Description== These snails had a heavy, oval shell reaching a length of about {{convert|30|mm}}. The earliest regular windings are visible at the top of the shell.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Velates}} * Cyril Walker & David Ward (1993) - Fossielen: Sesam Natuur Handboeken, Bosch & Keuning, Baarn. {{ISBN|90-246-4924-2}} * ALAN J. CUSHING WOODS AND L. R. SAUL [https://research.nhm.org/pdfs/33769/33769-001.pdf NEW NERITIDAE FROM SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA] * István Főzy, István Szente, Gareth Dyke [https://books.google.com/books?id=kapuFeB-3c4C&dq=velates+fossils&pg=PP5 Gastropod of the Genus Velates from the Florida Eocene]
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Category:Neritidae Category:Paleocene first appearances Category:Miocene genus extinctions Category:Paleogene molluscs Category:Prehistoric gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by Pierre Denys de Montfort