Gastropoda | 
Littorinimorpha | 
Velutinidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 4 - 1000 m (Ref. 118694).  Temperate; 82°N -   42°N, 110°E -   0°E (Ref. 83435)			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Arctic, Pacific Ocean, Northern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea:  North Sea; Alaska, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, south to central California.  Polar to subtropical.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.8 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Maximum depth from Ref. 119523. Found on rocks in shallow waters to 20 m depth.  Typically associated with the solitary stalked tunicate, Styela gibbsii (Ref. 95344).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Members of the order Neotaenioglossa are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners.  Life cycle:  Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Jennings, S., J. Lancaster, A. Woolmer and J. Cotter 1999 Distribution, diversity and abundance of epibenthic fauna in the North Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 79:385-399. (Ref. 3123)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 1.7 - 12.1, mean 6.4 (based on 919 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.