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==Species within the genus ''Umbraculum''== |
==Species within the genus ''Umbraculum''== |
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* ''[[Umbraculum umbraculum]]'' <small>(Lightfoot, 1786)</small> - Atlantic umbrella slug |
* ''[[Umbraculum umbraculum]]'' <small>([[John Lightfoot FRS|Lightfoot]], 1786)</small> - Atlantic umbrella slug |
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* ''[[Umbraculum sinicum]]'' <small>([[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|Gmelin]], 1791)</small> |
* ''[[Umbraculum sinicum]]'' <small>([[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|Gmelin]], 1791)</small> |
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| Genus: | Umbraculum Schumacher, 1817
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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.
Species within the genus Umbraculum
- Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786) - Atlantic umbrella slug
- Umbraculum sinicum (Gmelin, 1791)
References
- "Umbraculum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1