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Velutin snail
Coriocella nigra
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 567311, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Velutin snail
- Scientific
- Coriocella nigra
- 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 black velvet snail: a large, soft, slug-like snail whose thin internal shell is hidden under a thick black mantle with rounded lumps. It lives on reefs and feeds on sea squirts.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=13, 6 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Coriocella-nigra.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567311
- inaturalist.org /taxa/199591
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Coriocella_nigra_(37309614624).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.