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Velvet snail
Coriocella hibyae
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 567312, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Velvet snail
- Scientific
- Coriocella hibyae
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Family
- Velutinidae (velutinas)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A velvet snail: a soft, slug-like snail whose thin, internal shell is completely covered by a thick, velvety mantle, often black, brown or grey with raised lumps. It lives on reefs, where it feeds on sea squirts.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=4); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=78, 33 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Coriocella-hibyae.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567312
- inaturalist.org /taxa/564882
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Coriocella_hibyae_Landaa.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.