Velutina plicatilis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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| Velutina plicatilis | |
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Velutina flexilis (Montagu, 1808) | |
Distribution edit
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 edit
Habitat edit
Minimum recorded depth is 10 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 329 m.[3]
References edit
- ^ Müller (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum, characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae [Copenhagen]: Typis Hallageriis xxxii + 281 p.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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 .
- ^ a b c 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.