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Coriocella
Sign in to saveCoriocella is a genus of small slug-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Velutinidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyVelutinidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 65
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Velutinidae
- Collections
- CAS, MNHN, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, Philippines, Japan, Australia, Palau, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Archipel Des Australes
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Coriocella is a genus of small slug-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Velutinidae.
==Description== The ear-shaped shell is extremely thin, even membranous in part and concealed in the mantle. It has a small spiral turn at the apex. The aperture is very large. The shell lacks a columella.
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