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Onchidiopsis glacialis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Velutinidae

Scientific name
  
Onchidiopsis glacialis

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Velutinoidea

Genus
  
Onchidiopsis

Rank
  
Species

Onchidiopsis glacialis

Onchidiopsis glacialis is a species of small sea snail with a transparent internal shell, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae. Because the shell is mostly internal, the snail resembles a sea slug in general appearance.

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Distribution

The distribution of Onchidiopsis glacialis includes European waters.

Description

The maximum recorded (shell?) length is 18 mm.

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 4 m; maximum recorded depth is 300 m.

References

Onchidiopsis glacialis Wikipedia