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Velutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777) 
AphiaID: 153699

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Velutinoidea (Superfamily) > Velutinidae (Family) > Velutina (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Helix laevigata Linnaeus, 1758 is a nomen dubium)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Velutina velutina (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Rank Species
Parent Velutina Fleming, 1820
Sources  basis of record: 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: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source: 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: 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: 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]

Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (185 publications)
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: geographic range not obtained; has been recorded in the Bay of Fundy [details]

Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details]
Image 
Eben (1884, figuur 41)
Eben (1884, figuur 41)
added on 2012-07-24 - author: Anoniem in Eben (1884)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153699
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-04-15 07:47:28Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
2010-12-23 07:41:45Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Velutina laevigata (O. F. Müller, 1777). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153699 on 2013-06-18
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