Velutina plicatilis

Velutina plicatilis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae.[2]

Velutina plicatilis
Scientific classification
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)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Velutina flexilis (Montagu, 1808)

Distribution

The distribution of Velutina plicatilis is circumboreal.[2] The range of Velutina plicatilis include: 75°N to 45°N; 87°W to 0°W.[2]

Distribution of Velutina plicatilis include:

Velutina plicatilis is not common.[2]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 27 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 10 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 329 m.[3]

References

  1. Müller (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum, characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae [Copenhagen]: 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.
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