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Sea slugs & snails

Valutin Snail

Coriocella nigra

Also known as: Black Mantle Snail, Black Valutinid, Five-fingered Sea Snail, Velvet Snail

Adult
@Marie · Mbonegi 1, beach on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands · December 20151 / 3
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Overview

Found singly or in pairs, amongst rubble and sandy areas, over intertidal, and subtidal zones, of coral and rocky reefs.

The shell of these animals is very thin and delicate, and internal, completely covered by the mantle (which has fused lobes) so the appearance of these animals more closely resembles that of sea slugs rather than sea snails

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How to identify

Pattern
mosaic
Body shape
stumpy
Behaviour
pairssolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Country only · 3
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Found singly or in pairs, amongst rubble and sandy areas, over intertidal, and subtidal zones, of coral and rocky reefs.

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Adult photos 3

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumMollusca
    3. classGastropoda
    4. orderLittorinimorpha
    5. familyVelutinidae
    6. genusCoriocella
    7. speciesCoriocella nigra Blainville, 1824

    SourcesWoRMSWikipedia

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    More in the family

    Littorinimorpha