Coriocella jayi Jay's Velutinid Snail

Coriocella jayi is commonly referred to as Jay's Velutinid Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

17650 

AphiaID:

567313 

Scientific:

Coriocella jayi 

German:

Jays Samtschnecke 

English:

Jay's Velutinid Snail 

Category:

Slakken 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Velutinidae (Family) > Coriocella (Genus) > jayi (Species) 

Initial determination:

Wellens, 1996 

Occurrence:

Corea, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion , Tansania 

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:

10 - 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

3,4 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, No reliable information available, Sea squirts 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Coriocella fella
• Coriocella herberti
• 
  Coriocella hibyae
  Hibys Samtschnecke, Malediven-Samtschnecke
• 
  Coriocella jayi
  Jays Samtschnecke
• 
  Coriocella nigra
  Schildkrötenrücken, Samtblaue Nacktkiemerschnecke, Netzlinien Coriocella
• 
  Coriocella safagae
  Safaga Samtschnecke
• Coriocella tongana

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-08-12 19:24:33 

Last edit:

2025-08-16 20:16:06 

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