Coriocella nigra

Coriocella nigra
C. nigra heading left
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Velutinidae
Genus: Coriocella
Species:
C. nigra
Binomial name
Coriocella nigra
Synonyms[3][4]
  • Lamellaria nigra (Blainville, 1824)
  • Chelyonotus mauritianus Bergh, 1853[2]
  • Lamellaria mauritiana (Bergh, 1853)
  • Chelyonotus tonganus var. mauritiana Bergh, 1853
  • Chelyonotus niger (Blainville, 1824)

Coriocella nigra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae. An Indo-Pacific species, it lives on rocks at depths of up to 15 m. It is up to 10 cm long and has an internal shell; body color is black or brown. C. nigra is probably a predator of tunicates.

  1. ^ Blainville H. M. D. de. (1824). "Mollusques, Mollusca". In: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 32. Levrault, Strasbourg et Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. 1–392. page 259. (1825). page 466, plate 42, figure 1.
  2. ^ Bergh L. S. R. (1853). "Bidrag til en monographi af Marseniaderne, en Familie af de Gastraeopode Mollusker. En critisk, zootomisk, zoologisk Undersmgelse". Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes-Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk Afdeling. 5(3): 239–359, 5 pls. page 343, table 5, figure 2.
  3. ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Coriocella nigra Blainville, 1824. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567311 on 2017-10-02
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Marcus 1970 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).