Velutina velutina Smooth Velutina, Smooth Lamellaria

Velutina velutina is commonly referred to as Smooth Velutina, Smooth Lamellaria. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

16647 

AphiaID:

141905 

Scientific:

Velutina velutina 

German:

Glatte Samtschnecke 

English:

Smooth Velutina, Smooth Lamellaria 

Category:

Lumache 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Velutinidae (Family) > Velutina (Genus) > velutina (Species) 

Initial determination:

(O. F. Müller, ), 1776 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Belgium, Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, France, Germany, Greenland, Gulf of Maine, Ireland, North-West-Atlantic, Norway, Nova Scotia, Sweden, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, USA 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 225 Meter 

Habitats:

Gravel soil, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Muddy grounds, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils 

Size:

0.39" - 1.97" (1,5cm - 5,0cm) 

Temperature:

50 °F - 71.6 °F (10°C - 22°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Sea squirts 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Velutina bartschi
• Velutina coriacea
• Velutina cryptospira
• Velutina plicatilis
• Velutina pulchella
• Velutina rubra
• Velutina schneideri
• Velutina tarasovi
• 
  Velutina velutina
  Glatte Samtschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-07-24 20:17:18 

Last edit:

2024-07-24 20:25:51 

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