Velutina plicatilis

Velutina plicatilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Velutinoidea
Family:	Velutinidae
Genus:	Velutina
Species:	V. plicatilis
Binomial name
	Velutina plicatilis; (Müller, 1776)[1]
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]

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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.
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 .
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.

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[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.

[WoRMS-2] 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 .

[Welch_2010-3] 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.