Umbraculum umbraculum

Umbraculum umbraculum
Umbraculum umbraculum showing rhinophores and eyes
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Family: Umbraculidae
Genus: Umbraculum
Species:
U. umbraculum
Binomial name
Umbraculum umbraculum
(Lightfoot, 1786)
Synonyms
List
    • Patella ombracula Blainville, 1819
    • Umbraculum bermudense (Mörch, 1875)
    • Umbraculum botanicum Hedley, 1923
    • Umbraculum indicum (Lamarck, 1819)
    • Umbraculum mediterraneum (Lamarck, 1819)
    • Umbraculum ovalis (Carpenter, 1856)
    • Umbraculum plicatulum (Martens, 1881)
    • Umbraculum pulchrum Lin, 1981
    • Umbraculum sinicum (Gmelin, 1791)
    • Umbrella indica Lamarck, 1819
    • Umbrella mediterranea Lamarck, 1819

Umbraculum umbraculum, common name the umbrella slug, is a species of large sea snail or limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Umbraculidae. It is found in tropical to warm temperate parts of the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, where it feeds on sponges.

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