Umbraculum, common name the "umbrella slugs", is a genus of unusual sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Umbraculidae.
Species
There are probably only two species in the genus Umbraculum.
Other synonymised taxa:
- Umbraculum bermudense <small>(Mörch, 1875)</small>: synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum <small>(Lightfoot, 1786)</small>
- Umbraculum botanicum <small>(Hedley, 1923)</small>: synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum <small>(Lightfoot, 1786)</small>
- Umbraculum indicum <small>(Lamarck, 1819)</small>: synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum <small>(Lightfoot, 1786)</small>
- Umbraculum mediterraneum <small>(Lamarck, 1819)</small>: synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum <small>(Lightfoot, 1786)</small>
- Umbraculum ovalis <small>(Carpenter, 1856)</small>: synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum <small>(Lightfoot, 1786)</small>
- Umbraculum plicatulum <small>(Martens, 1881)</small>: synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum <small>(Lightfoot, 1786)</small>
- Umbraculum pulchrum <small>(Lin, 1981)</small>: synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum <small>(Lightfoot, 1786)</small>
- Umbrella indica <small>(Lamarck, 1819)</small>: synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum <small>(Lightfoot, 1786)</small>
- Umbrella mediterranea <small>(Lamarck, 1819)</small>: synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum <small>(Lightfoot, 1786)</small>
- Umbraculum rushii <small>Dall, 1889</small>: synonym of Plesiothyreus rushii <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
- Umbraculum sinicum <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>: synonym of Umbraculum umbraculum <small>(Lightfoot, 1786)</small>
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. 180âÂÂ213
- 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: 69-8