Umbraculum (genus)

Umbraculum (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Umbraculum"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Opisthobranchia
subordo = Notaspidea
infraordo = Neogastropoda
familia = Umbraculidae
genus = "Umbraculum"
genus_authority = Schumacher, 1817
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.
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"Umbraculum" is a genus of unusual sea snails or limpets, marine opistobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Umbraculidae, and the order Notaspidea.

For more information see Umbraculidae. The animal is much larger than the shell, with a large fleshy foot. The head bears two laterally slit tentacles.

pecies within the genus "Umbraculum"

* "Umbraculum umbraculum" (Lightfoot, 1786) - Atlantic umbrella slug
* "Umbraculum sinicum" (Gmelin, 1791)

References

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* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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