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.

Profile

lexID:

16100 

AphiaID:

458616 

Scientific:

Coriocella safagae 

German:

Safaga Samtschnecke 

English:

Safaga Velutinid Snail 

Category:

Escargots de mer 

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:

• 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:

2023-12-06 13:12:47 

Last edit:

2025-08-16 20:42:18 

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