Velates

Velates is an extinct genus of marine gastropod mollusks 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:
 * † 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 30 mm. The earliest regular windings are visible at the top of the shell.