Umbraculum (gastropod)

Updated on Jan 22, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Family Umbraculidae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus		Superfamily Umbraculoidea Scientific name Umbraculum Higher classification Umbraculidae

Similar Umbraculum umbraculum, Tylodina, Notaspidea, Tylodina perversa, Pleurobranchidae

Umbraculum, common name the "umbrella slugs" is a genus of unusual sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Umbraculidae.

Species

There are probably only two species in the genus Umbraculum.

Umbraculum ovale (Carpenter, 1856)

Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786) - Atlantic umbrella slug.

Other synonymised taxa

Umbraculum bermudense (Mörch, 1875): synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786)

Umbraculum botanicum (Hedley, 1923): synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786)

Umbraculum indicum (Lamarck, 1819): synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786)

Umbraculum mediterraneum (Lamarck, 1819): synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786)

Umbraculum ovalis (Carpenter, 1856): synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786)

Umbraculum plicatulum (Martens, 1881): synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786)

Umbraculum pulchrum (Lin, 1981): synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786)

Umbrella indica (Lamarck, 1819): synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786)

Umbrella mediterranea (Lamarck, 1819): synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786)

Umbraculum rushii Dall, 1889: synonym of Plesiothyreus rushii (Dall, 1889)

Umbraculum sinicum (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786)

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