Coriocella

Coriocella
Coriocella hibyae in Landaa Giraavaru (Maldives, Baa Atoll).
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Velutinidae
Subfamily: Lamellariinae
Genus: Coriocella
Blainville, 1824
Type species
Coriocella nigra Blainville, 1824
Species

See text

Coriocella is a genus of small slug-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Velutinidae. [1]

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.

The soft body is elliptical and much depressed. The borders of the mantle are very thin, notched in front and spreading out widely. The oval foot is very small. The head is scarcely distinct. The two short and rather thick tentacles are contractile and concealed under the shield. The eyes are situated at the base of the tentacles. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Coriocella include:

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2011). Coriocella Blainville, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456342 on 2011-06-17
  2. ↑ Macgillivray, William, History of the molluscous animals of Scotland, London, 1844
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