Umbraculidae are a
taxonomic family
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of unusual
sea snails or
limpets,
marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the
clade Umbraculida
Umbraculoidea is a superfamily of unusual false limpets with a thin soft patelliform shell, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Umbraculida, within the clade Euopisthobranchia.
There are two families in this superfamily, which is listed as ...
.
Distribution
This family has a global distribution in
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
and
subtropical seas.
Genera
Genera within the family Umbraculidae include:
* ''
Spiricella''
Rang, 1828
* ''
Umbraculum
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''
Schumacher, 1817
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Gastroplax''
Blainville, 1819: synonym of ''Umbraculum''
Schumacher, 1817
* ''Umbrella''
Lamarck, 1819: synonym of ''Umbraculum''
Schumacher, 1817
References
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*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
Taxonomicon info
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