Velutinidae

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Velutinidae
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Coriocella hibyae in Maldives.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Velutinidae
Gray, 1840
Genera

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Synonyms

Lamellariidae d’Orbigny, 1841

Velutinidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The shell of these animals is very thin and delicate, and internal, completely covered by the mantle (which has fused lobes) so the appearance of these animals more closely resembles that of sea slugs rather than sea snails.

Taxonomy

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Drawing of dorsal view of live animal of Onchidiopsis glacialis
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Coriocella nigra

The following two subfamilies were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005): [1]

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Drawing of dorsal view of live animal of Lamellaria latens
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Drawing of ventral view of live animal of Lamellaria latens

Genera

Genera within the family Velutinidae include:

Subfamily Lamellariinae A. D. d'Orbigny, 1841

Subfamily Velutininae Gray, 1840

Genera brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
  2. Gofas, S. (2014). Velutinidae Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143 on 2014-10-14
  3. Philippe Bouchet, Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.

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