Coriocella is a genus of small slug-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Velutinidae.[2]
| Coriocella | |
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| Coriocella hibyae in Landaa Giraavaru (Maldives, Baa Atoll). | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Velutinoidea |
| Family: | Velutinidae |
| Subfamily: | Lamellariinae |
| Genus: | Coriocella Blainville, 1824[1] |
| Type species | |
| Coriocella nigra Blainville, 1824
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Description edit
The ear-shaped shell is extremely thin, even membranous in part and concealed in the mantle. It has a small spiral turn at the apex. The aperture is very large. The shell lacks a columella.
The soft body is elliptical and much depressed. The borders of the mantle are very thin, notched in front and spreading out widely. The oval foot is very small. The head is scarcely distinct. The two short and rather thick tentacles are contractile and concealed under the shield. The eyes are situated at the base of the tentacles.[3]
Species edit
Species within the genus Coriocella include:
- Coriocella fella Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
- Coriocella herberti Drivas & Jay, 1990
- Coriocella hibyae Wellens, 1991
- Coriocella jayi Wellens, 1995
- Coriocella nigra Blainville, 1824 - type species of the genus Coriocella
- Coriocella safagae Wellens, 1999
- Coriocella tongana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
References edit
- ^ Blainville H. M. D. de. (1824). "Mollusques, Mollusca". In: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 32. Levrault, Strasbourg et Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. 1-392. page 259.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Coriocella Blainville, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456342 on 2011-06-17
- ^ Macgillivray, William, History of the molluscous animals of Scotland, London, 1844
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