Velutina plicatilis

Velutina plicatilis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae.^[2]

Velutina plicatilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Velutinoidea
Family:	Velutinidae
Genus:	Velutina
Species:	V. plicatilis
Binomial name
Velutina plicatilis (Müller, 1776)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Velutina flexilis (Montagu, 1808)

Distribution

The distribution of Velutina plicatilis is circumboreal.^[2] The range of Velutina plicatilis include: 75°N to 45°N; 87°W to 0°W.^[2]

Distribution of Velutina plicatilis include:

• Greenland: West Greenland and East Greenland^[2]
• Canada: Devon Island, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia^[2]
• Irish Exclusive economic Zone^[2]
• North coast of Spain^[2]
• North Sea^[2]
• North West Atlantic^[2]
• West coast of Scotland^[2]

Velutina plicatilis is not common.^[2]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 27 mm.^[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 10 m.^[3] Maximum recorded depth is 329 m.^[3]