''Tylodina'' is a
genus
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of medium-sized
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s or false
limpet
Limpets are a group of aquatic snails that exhibit a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. Limpets are members of the class Gastropoda, but are polyphyletic, meaning the various groups called "limpets" descended indep ...
s in the family
Tylodinidae
Tylodinidae is a family of sea snails or false limpets, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Umbraculoidea.
Taxonomy 2005 taxonomy
The family Tylodinidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonom ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Tylodina'' include:
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Tylodina americana''
* ''
Tylodina corticalis''
* ''
Tylodina fungina''- Observed solitary, in pairs and aggregating in small groups in reefs around San Clemente Island, the southernmost Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California July 2015.
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Tylodina perversa
''Tylodina perversa'', common names the "yellow tylodina" or "yellow umbrella slug", is a species of sea snail or false limpet, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Tylodinidae.
This opisthobranch has a limpet-like shell which ...
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References
External links
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Tylodinidae
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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