WoRMS taxon details
Velutina velutina (O. F. Müller, 1776)
141905 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141905)
accepted
Species
Velutina haliotoides (Linnaeus, 1758), sensu Fabricius, 1780 (misidentification)
Velutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777) (Helix laevigata Linnaeus, 1758 is a nomen dubium)
Velutina vulgaris J. Fleming, 1820 (Unnecessary replacement name for Bulla velutina O.F. Müller, 1776)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Distribution circumboreaal
Distribution Range: 72.78°N to 42°N; 70°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland; Canada; Canada: Labrador, Nova...
Distribution circumboreaal [details]
Distribution Range: 72.78°N to 42°N; 70°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland; Canada; Canada: Labrador, Nova...
Distribution Range: 72.78°N to 42°N; 70°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland; Canada; Canada: Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, including Cobscook Bay [details]
MolluscaBase (2018). Velutina velutina (O. F. Müller, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141905 on 2018-07-18
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original description
(ofVelutina vulgaris J. Fleming, 1820) Fleming J. (1820). Mollusca. in: Brewster D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia . 14(2): 598-635., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/74722#page/618/mode/1up
page(s): 626 [details]
original description (ofVelutina capuloidea Blainville, 1824) Defrance J. L. M. (1804-1845). [Mineralogie et Geologie] IN Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des diffrents êtres de la nature. (par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi ..., Georges Cuvier, ed.). Paris Vol. 1-2 [1804]. Vol. 3-4 [1806]. Suppl. 1 [1816]. Vol. 5-9 [1817]. Vol. 10-12 [1818]. Vol. 13-15 [1819]. Vol. 16-17 [1820]. Vol. 18-22 [1821]. Vol. 23-25 [1822]. Vol. 26-29 [1823]Vol. 30-33 [1824]. Vol. 34-38 [1825]. Vol. 39-44 [1826]. Vol. 45-51 [1827]. Vol. 52-53 [1828]. Vol. 54 [1829]. Vol. 55-57 [1828]. Vol. 58-59 [1829]. Vol. 60 [1830]. Vol. 61 [1845]., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.42219
page(s): vol. 32, p. 261 [details]
original description (ofVelutina rupicola Conrad, 1831) Conrad, T. A. (1831). Description of fifteen new species of Recent, and three of fossil shells, chiefly from the coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6(2): 256-268, plate 11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677674 [details]
original description (ofBulla velutina Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O. F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus: seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Hafniae, Typiis Hallageriis. 1-274., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
original description (ofVelutina laevigata var. alba Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British Conchology. Vol. 1: pp. CXIV + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864] Il frontrespizio reca la data 1863 ma in effetti pubblicato nel 1864. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 241 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
additional source Dyntaxa. (2013). Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
basis of record (ofVelutina laevigata var. alba Jeffreys, 1867) Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details]
basis of record (ofBulla velutina Müller O.F., 1776) Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details]
basis of record (ofVelutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777)) Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy (ofVelutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777)) Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source (ofVelutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777)) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source (ofVelutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777)) Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. (1984). Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p. [details]
additional source (ofVelutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777)) Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source (ofVelutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777)) Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p. [details]
basis of record (ofVelutina haliotoides (Linnaeus, 1758), sensu Fabricius, 1780) Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy (ofVelutina haliotoides (Linnaeus, 1758), sensu Fabricius, 1780) Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 626 [details]
original description (ofVelutina capuloidea Blainville, 1824) Defrance J. L. M. (1804-1845). [Mineralogie et Geologie] IN Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des diffrents êtres de la nature. (par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi ..., Georges Cuvier, ed.). Paris Vol. 1-2 [1804]. Vol. 3-4 [1806]. Suppl. 1 [1816]. Vol. 5-9 [1817]. Vol. 10-12 [1818]. Vol. 13-15 [1819]. Vol. 16-17 [1820]. Vol. 18-22 [1821]. Vol. 23-25 [1822]. Vol. 26-29 [1823]Vol. 30-33 [1824]. Vol. 34-38 [1825]. Vol. 39-44 [1826]. Vol. 45-51 [1827]. Vol. 52-53 [1828]. Vol. 54 [1829]. Vol. 55-57 [1828]. Vol. 58-59 [1829]. Vol. 60 [1830]. Vol. 61 [1845]., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.42219
page(s): vol. 32, p. 261 [details]
original description (ofVelutina rupicola Conrad, 1831) Conrad, T. A. (1831). Description of fifteen new species of Recent, and three of fossil shells, chiefly from the coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6(2): 256-268, plate 11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677674 [details]
original description (ofBulla velutina Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O. F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus: seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Hafniae, Typiis Hallageriis. 1-274., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
original description (ofVelutina laevigata var. alba Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British Conchology. Vol. 1: pp. CXIV + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864] Il frontrespizio reca la data 1863 ma in effetti pubblicato nel 1864. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 241 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
additional source Dyntaxa. (2013). Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
basis of record (ofVelutina laevigata var. alba Jeffreys, 1867) Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details]
basis of record (ofBulla velutina Müller O.F., 1776) Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details]
basis of record (ofVelutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777)) Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy (ofVelutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777)) Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source (ofVelutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777)) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source (ofVelutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777)) Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. (1984). Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p. [details]
additional source (ofVelutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777)) Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source (ofVelutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777)) Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p. [details]
basis of record (ofVelutina haliotoides (Linnaeus, 1758), sensu Fabricius, 1780) Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy (ofVelutina haliotoides (Linnaeus, 1758), sensu Fabricius, 1780) Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Dimensions maximum size is 15 to 50 mm [details]Distribution circumboreaal [details]
Distribution Range: 72.78°N to 42°N; 70°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland; Canada; Canada: Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, including Cobscook Bay [details]
Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | fløjlsskæl | [details] |
| Dutch | gewone fluweelhorenfluweelhoren | [details] |
| English | smooth velutinasmooth lamellaria | [details] |
| French | veloutée lisse | [details] |
| Swedish | sjöpungsnäcka | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (204 publications) (from synonym Velutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To CLEMAM (from synonym Velutina capuloidea Blainville, 1824)
To CLEMAM (from synonym Velutina rupicola Conrad, 1831)
To CLEMAM
To CLEMAM (from synonym Bulla velutina Müller O.F., 1776)
To CLEMAM (from synonym Velutina laevigata var. alba Jeffreys, 1867)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Velutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777))
To PESI (from synonym Velutina rupicola Conrad, 1831)
To PESI (from synonym Velutina capuloidea Blainville, 1824)
To PESI (from synonym Velutina laevigata var. alba Jeffreys, 1867)
To PESI (from synonym Bulla velutina Müller O.F., 1776)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (204 publications) (from synonym Velutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To CLEMAM (from synonym Velutina capuloidea Blainville, 1824)
To CLEMAM (from synonym Velutina rupicola Conrad, 1831)
To CLEMAM
To CLEMAM (from synonym Bulla velutina Müller O.F., 1776)
To CLEMAM (from synonym Velutina laevigata var. alba Jeffreys, 1867)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Velutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777))
To PESI (from synonym Velutina rupicola Conrad, 1831)
To PESI (from synonym Velutina capuloidea Blainville, 1824)
To PESI (from synonym Velutina laevigata var. alba Jeffreys, 1867)
To PESI (from synonym Bulla velutina Müller O.F., 1776)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
