Velutina velutina

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Velutina velutina
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Velutina velutina shell
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Velutinidae
Genus: Velutina
Species:
V. velutina
Binomial name
Velutina velutina
(Müller, 1776) [1]
Synonyms [2]

Velutina haliotidea(Fabricius, 1780) [3]
Velutina laevigata(O. F. Müller, 1777)

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Velutina velutina, common name the velvet shell, is a species of small sea snail with a transparent shell, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae. [2]

Description

drawing of one row of teeth in the radula of Velutina velutina Velutina velutina radula.png
drawing of one row of teeth in the radula of Velutina velutina

The maximum body size is from 15 to 50 mm. [2] The maximum recorded shell length is 27.5 mm. [4]

Distribution

The distribution of Velutina velutina is circumboreal. [2] The range of Velutina velutina include: 72.78°N to 42°N; 70°W to 0°W. [2]

Distribution of Velutina velutina include:

Ecology

The habitat of Velutina velutina include bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary. [2] Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [4] Maximum recorded depth is 183 m. [4]

Velutina velutina feeds on ascidians. [5]

Sexes are separate but are seldom conspicuously different externally. [2] Velutina velutina is a simultaneous hermaphrodite yet self-fertilization is prevented due to various morphological, physiological, or behavioral mechanisms. [2] They shed their eggs. [2]

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References

This article incorporates CC-BY-SA-3.0 text from the reference. [2]

  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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Velutina velutina (Müller O.F., 1776) . Gofas, S. (2009). Velutina velutina (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=141905 on 14 August 2010 .
  3. ↑ Fabricius O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica systematice sistens animalis Groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata. Hafniae et Lipsiae, J.G. Rothe pp. XVI + 452 + 1 pl. Google books
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. ↑ Manfred Diehl (1956): Die Raubschnecke Velutina velutina als Feind und Bruteinmieter der Ascidie Styela coriacea. Kieler Meeresforschungen. 12 : 180–185.
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