Coriocella hibyae Hiby's Coriocella, Hiby's Lamellarid, Velvet Snail, Maldives Sponge Snail

Coriocella hibyae is commonly referred to as Hiby's Coriocella, Hiby's Lamellarid, Velvet Snail, Maldives Sponge Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2978 

AphiaID:

567312 

Scientific:

Coriocella hibyae 

German:

Hibys Samtschnecke, Malediven-Samtschnecke 

English:

Hiby's Coriocella, Hiby's Lamellarid, Velvet Snail, Maldives Sponge Snail 

Category:

 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Wellens, 1991 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Australia, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines 

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:

1 - 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, 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:

2010-01-11 23:27:18 

Last edit:

2025-08-16 20:44:21 

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