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 2019-01-18
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original description
(ofVelutina vulgaris J. Fleming, 1820) Fleming J. (1820). Mollusca. in: Brewster D. (ed.), <i>The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia </i>. 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] <em>IN</em> 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.). <i>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]</i>., 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. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 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. <em>Hafniae, Typiis Hallageriis.</em> 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). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 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]
page(s): 626 [details]
original description (ofVelutina capuloidea Blainville, 1824) Defrance J. L. M. (1804-1845). [Mineralogie et Geologie] <em>IN</em> 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.). <i>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]</i>., 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. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 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. <em>Hafniae, Typiis Hallageriis.</em> 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). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 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]
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 | velvet snailvelvet shellsmooth velutinasmooth lamellaria | [details] |
| French | veloutée lisse | [details] |
| German | Glatte Samtschnecke | [details] |
| Swedish | sjöpungsnäcka | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (204 publications) (from synonym Velutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To CLEMAM
To CLEMAM (from synonym Velutina capuloidea Blainville, 1824)
To CLEMAM (from synonym Velutina rupicola Conrad, 1831)
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 Bulla velutina Müller O.F., 1776)
To PESI (from synonym Velutina rupicola Conrad, 1831)
To PESI (from synonym Velutina capuloidea Blainville, 1824)
To PESI (from synonym Velutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777))
To PESI (from synonym Velutina laevigata var. alba Jeffreys, 1867)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (204 publications) (from synonym Velutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To CLEMAM
To CLEMAM (from synonym Velutina capuloidea Blainville, 1824)
To CLEMAM (from synonym Velutina rupicola Conrad, 1831)
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 Bulla velutina Müller O.F., 1776)
To PESI (from synonym Velutina rupicola Conrad, 1831)
To PESI (from synonym Velutina capuloidea Blainville, 1824)
To PESI (from synonym Velutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777))
To PESI (from synonym Velutina laevigata var. alba Jeffreys, 1867)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
