Biology:Velutina plicatilis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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
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Binomial name | |
Velutina plicatilis (Müller, 1776)[1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
Velutina flexilis (Montagu, 1808) |
Velutina plicatilis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae.[2]
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:
- Greenland: West Greenland and East Greenland[2]
- Canada: Devon Island, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia[2]
- Irish Exclusive economic Zone[2]
- North coast of Spain[2]
- North Sea[2]
- North West Atlantic[2]
- West coast of Scotland[2]
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
- ↑ Müller (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum, characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae [Copenhagen]: Typis Hallageriis xxxii + 281 p.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 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 .
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q3138157 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velutina plicatilis.
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