''Umbraculum'',
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limpet
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gastropod
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Umbraculidae
Umbraculidae are a taxonomic family of unusual sea snails or limpets, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the clade Umbraculida.
Distribution
This family has a global distribution in tropical and subtropical seas.
Genera
Genera ...
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[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Umbraculum Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138620 on 2013-04-16]
Species
There are probably only two species in the genus ''Umbraculum''.
* ''
Umbraculum ovale''
(Carpenter, 1856)
* ''
Umbraculum umbraculum
The umbrella slug (''Umbraculum umbraculum'') 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 ...
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, 1786) - Atlantic umbrella slug.
;Other synonymised taxa:
* ''Umbraculum bermudense''
( Mörch, 1875): synonym of ''Umbraculum umbraculum''
(Lightfoot, 1786)
* ''Umbraculum botanicum''
( Hedley, 1923): synonym of ''Umbraculum umbraculum''
(Lightfoot, 1786)
* ''Umbraculum indicum''
(Lamarck
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, 1819): synonym of ''Umbraculum umbraculum''
(Lightfoot, 1786)
* ''Umbraculum mediterraneum''
(Lamarck
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, 1819): synonym of ''Umbraculum umbraculum''
(Lightfoot, 1786)
* ''Umbraculum ovalis''
(Carpenter
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, 1856): synonym of ''Umbraculum umbraculum''
(Lightfoot, 1786)
* ''Umbraculum plicatulum''
(Martens
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, 1881): synonym of ''Umbraculum umbraculum''
(Lightfoot, 1786)
* ''Umbraculum pulchrum''
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, 1981): synonym of ''Umbraculum umbraculum''
(Lightfoot, 1786)
* ''Umbrella indica''
(Lamarck
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, 1819): synonym of ''Umbraculum umbraculum''
(Lightfoot, 1786)
* ''Umbrella mediterranea''
(Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolog ...
, 1819): synonym of ''Umbraculum umbraculum''
(Lightfoot, 1786)
* ''Umbraculum rushii''
Dall, 1889: synonym of ''
Plesiothyreus rushii''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''Umbraculum sinicum''
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, 1791):
[Wägele H., Vonnemann V. & Rudman W. B. (2006). "''Umbraculum umbraculum'' (Lightfoot, 1786) (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Tylodinoidea) and the synonymy of ''U. mediterraneum'' (Lamarck, 1812)". ''Records of the Western Australian Museum'' Supplement 69: 69-82.] synonym of ''Umbraculum umbraculum''
(Lightfoot, 1786)
References
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
* Wägele H., Vonnemann V. & Rudman W.B. (2006) U''mbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786) (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Tylodinoidea) and the synonymy of U. mediterraneum (Lamarck, 1812).'' Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 69: 69-8
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