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Gastropoda: : Velutinoidea: Velutininae

Velutina plicatilis (O. F. Müller, 1776)


Range: 75°N to 44.5°N; 87°W to 0°W
Depth: 10 to 329 m (live 38 to 106 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 27  mm

Synonymy

Bulla plicatilis O. F. Müller, 1776
Velutella plicatilis (O. F. Müller, 1776) 
Bulla flexilis Montagu, 1808
Velutella flexilis (Montagu, 1808) 
Velutina cryptospira Middendorff, 1849
Velutella cryptospira (Middendorff, 1849) 
Velutina sitkensis A. Adams, 1853
Velutina rubra Willett, 1919
Velutina schantarica Derjugin, 1950

Details


Bulla plicatilis O. F. Müller, 1776, p. 242
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Denmark/Norway
Range: 75°N to 45°N; 87°W to 0°W
Depth: 10 to 329 m (live 38 to 106 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 27 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia
References: Thorson (1944) l; Macpherson (1971) L{l}NW{M}; Fretter & Graham (1981) d; Gulbin & Golikov (2000) M
Combining Genera:  Velutella

Velutina cryptospira Middendorff, 1849a, p. col. 18, [Middendorff 1851, pl. 25, figs. 8-10]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Ins. Schantar, mar. Ochot
Range: 44.5°N ; 63.5°W
Depth: 104 m (live 104 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 14 mm
Distribution: Canada: Nova Scotia
References: Middendorff (1849a) M; Verrill (1880) DdLlNSEW
Combining Genera:  Velutella

Bulla flexilis Montagu, 1808, p. 168-169
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Dunbar [Scottish coast]
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
References: Montagu (1808) M; Fretter & Graham (1981) s; Gulbin & Golikov (2000) s
Combining Genera:  Velutella

Velutina rubra Willett, 1919, 
[Synonym]
References: Gulbin & Golikov (2000) s

Velutina schantarica Derjugin, 1950, 
[Synonym]
References: Gulbin & Golikov (2000) s

Velutina sitkensis A. Adams, 1853c, p. 225
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Sitka
References: Gulbin & Golikov (2000) s


Partial List of References

Adams, A. 1853. Descriptions of new shells, from the Cumingian collection; with a note on the genus Nematura Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 19 224-225.
Middendorff, A. T. von. 1849. Vorläufige Anzeige einiger neuer Konchylien Russland's, aus den Geschlectern: Scalaria, Crepidula, Velutina, Trichotropis, Purpura und Pleurotoma Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 8 col. 17-19.
Montagu, G. 1808. Supplement to Testacea Britannica  [iii] + v + 184 pp., 30 pls. S. Woolmer: Exeter. [True date: post Oct 1.]
Müller, O. F. 1776. Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus  xxxii + 282 pp. Author: Havniae. [Stated date: 31 Mar 1776.]

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