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Coriocella safagae Safaga Velutinid Snail

Coriocella safagae is commonly referred to as Safaga Velutinid Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Coriocella safagae, Eilat, Israel 2022


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lexID:
16100 
AphiaID:
458616 
Scientific:
Coriocella safagae 
German:
Safaga Samtschnecke 
English:
Safaga Velutinid Snail 
Category:
Ślimaki 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Velutinidae (Family) > Coriocella (Genus) > safagae (Species) 
Initial determination:
Wellens, 1999 
Occurrence:
Egypt, Israel, Red Sea 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 18 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone 
Size:
0.39" - 3.15" (1,5cm - 8,5cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 86 °F (24°C - 30°C) 
Food:
Food specialist, Sea squirts 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-08-16 20:42:18 

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Coriocella safagae Wellens, 1999

Coriocella safagae is a prosobranch gastropods of the family Velutinidae . Velutinidae sea slug have a fully internal shell, that is covered by the mantle. They are oftrn mistaken for a nudibranchs.

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  1. treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 06.12.2023.

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