Velutina plicatilis | |
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Scientific 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:
- Greenland: West Greenland and East Greenland
- Canada: Devon Island, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia
- Irish Exclusive economic Zone
- North coast of Spain
- North Sea
- North West Atlantic
- West coast of Scotland
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
- Müller (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum, characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae : Typis Hallageriis xxxii + 281 p.
- ^ 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 .
- ^ 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 | |
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Velutina plicatilis |