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

Velutininae Gray, 1840

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ciliatovelutina A. N. Golikov & Gulbin, 1990
Limneria H. Adams & A. Adams, 1851
Marsenina J. E. Gray, 1850
Onchidiopsis Bergh, 1853
Piliscus Lovén, 1859
Pseudotorellia Warén, 1989
Velutina J. Fleming, 1820

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum. ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp.
basis of record	Fassio, G.; Stefani, M.; Russini, V.; Buge, B.; Bouchet, P.; Treneman, N.; Malaquias, M. A. E.; Schiaparelli, S.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2022). Neither slugs nor snails: a molecular reappraisal of the gastropod family Velutinidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 197(4): 924-964.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Velutininae Gray, 1840. 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:411721