Biology:Ciliatovelutina lanigera

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Ciliatovelutina lanigera
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C. lanigera
Binomial name
Ciliatovelutina lanigera
(Møller, 1842)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Velutina lanigera Møller, 1842 (basionym)

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

Description

They are benthos and are predators, feeding on sessile prey.[3]

Distribution

The distribution of Ciliatovelutina lanigera includes:

  • European waters[2]
  • North West Atlantic, Canada: Baffin Island[2]

References

  1. Møller H. P. C. (1842). "Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae". Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, Kjøbenhavn 4(1): 76-97.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ciliatovelutina lanigera Møller, 1842. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2011). Ciliatovelutina lanigera (Møller, 1842). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=423278 on 12 March 2011 .
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ciliatovelutina lanigera (Møller, 1842)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=423278#attributes. 

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