Smeagol (gastropod)

Smeagol
Smeagol climoi on seaweed buried in gravel, Houghton Bay, Wellington
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata
Superfamily:
Otinoidea
Family:
Ellobiidae

Pfeiffer, 1854
Genus:
Smeagol

Climo, 1980[1]
Diversity
5 or 6 species

Smeagol is a genus of small air-breathing[2] sea slugs of the upper intertidal zone.[3] They are pulmonate gastropod mollusks related to land slugs and snails.

Analysis of DNA sequences has shown that Smeagol belongs in the family Ellobiidae, and is therefore closely related to ellobiid snails.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference climo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Barker 2001 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Smeagol Climo, 1980. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=551549 on 2017-09-13
  4. ^ Dayrat, Benoît; Conrad, Michele; Balayan, Shaina; White, Tracy R.; Albrecht, Christian; Golding, Rosemary; Gomes, Suzete R.; Harasewych, M.G.; Martins, António Manuel de Frias (2011). "Phylogenetic relationships and evolution of pulmonate gastropods (Mollusca): New insights from increased taxon sampling". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 59 (2): 425–437. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.02.014. PMID 21352933.