Umbraculum (gastropod)

Umbraculum
Detailed illustration of Umbraculum umbraculum from 1852
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Family: Umbraculidae
Genus: Umbraculum
Schumacher, 1817
Species

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Synonyms
  • Gastroplax Blainville, 1819
  • Operculatum Mörch, 1852
  • Umbrella Lamarck, 1819

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

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