Velutina velutina

Velutina velutina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Velutinidae
Genus: Velutina
Species: V. velutina
Binomial name
Velutina velutina
(O. F. Müller, 1776)[1]
Synonyms[2]

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

Velutina velutina, common name the smooth lamellaria, 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

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]

References

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

  1. ↑ Müller O. F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum, characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae [Copenhagen]: Typis Hallageriis xxxii + 281 p.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 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. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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.
  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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