Velutin Snail
Amazing fact
A velutin snail’s shell is inside its body and cannot be seen from outside while it is alive.
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A velutin snail’s shell is inside its body and cannot be seen from outside while it is alive.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Velutin Snail
- Scientific name
- Coriocella nigra
- Japanese name
- イボベッコウタマガイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neotaenioglossa
- Family
- Velutinidae
- Genus
- Coriocella
Where the name “Velutin Snail” comes from
Its scientific genus name combines Latin words for skin and chamber. Its scientific species name, nigra, means black in Latin.
FFESSMA sea snail relative that lives in tropical waters from south of the Kii Peninsula across the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
How the Velutin Snail lives
It is thought to be more active at night. Its eggs are laid in a black mass. A shrimp has also been observed on its body.
FFESSMBasic data
- Range
- The tropical Indian to Pacific oceans south of the Kii Peninsula
Where the Velutin Snail has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- イボベッコウタマガイ
- 简体中文
- 黑环板螺
- 繁體中文
- 黑環板螺
- Français
- Coriocelle noire
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — イボベッコウタマガイChecked: 2026-11-04
- FFESSM — Commission nationale environnement et biologie subaquatiques (DORIS) — Coriocelle noireChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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