Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Velutinoidea > Family Velutinidae > Subfamily Velutininae > Genus Velutina

Velutina velutina (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Velutina*	J. Fleming, 1820	accepted genus name
*Velutella*	Gray, 1847	synonym
*Velutina (Velutella)*	Gray, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Bulla velutina*	O. F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Velutina capuloidea*	Blainville, 1824	synonym
*Velutina laevigata*	(O. F. Müller, 1777)	synonym
*Velutina laevigata var. candida*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Velutina rupicola*	Conrad, 1831	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: fløjlsskæl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: fluweelhoren; gewone fluweelhoren sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: smooth lamellaria; smooth velutina; velvet shell; velvet snail sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

French: veloutée lisse sources: Bousfield, E. L. (1964). Coquillages des cotes canadiennes de l'Atlantique. Musée national du Canada. Ottawa. 89 p.

German: Glatte Samtschnecke sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Swedish: sjöpungsnäcka

Literature

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.
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Velutina velutina (O. F. Müller, 1776). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141905