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Velutina plicatilis

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Species of gastropod

Velutina plicatilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Velutinidae
Genus: Velutina
Species: V. plicatilis
Binomial name
Velutina plicatilis
(Müller, 1776)
Synonyms

Velutina flexilis (Montagu, 1808)

Velutina plicatilis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae.

Distribution

The distribution of Velutina plicatilis is circumboreal. The range of Velutina plicatilis include: 75°N to 45°N; 87°W to 0°W.

Distribution of Velutina plicatilis include:

Velutina plicatilis is not common.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 27 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 10 m. Maximum recorded depth is 329 m.

References

  1. Müller (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum, characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae : Typis Hallageriis xxxii + 281 p.
  2. ^ Velutina plicatilis (Müller O.F., 1776). Gofas, S. (2009). Velutina plicatilis (Müller O.F., 1776). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141902 on 14 August 2010 .
  3. ^ Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
Taxon identifiers
Velutina plicatilis
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