Umbraculum umbraculum

Umbraculum umbraculum
Umbraculum umbraculum showing rhinophores and eyes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Umbraculida
Superfamily:
Umbraculoidea
Family:
Umbraculidae
Genus:
Umbraculum
Species:
U. umbraculum
Binomial name
Umbraculum umbraculum
(Lightfoot, 1786)
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Patella ombracula Blainville, 1819
    • Umbraculum bermudense (Mörch, 1875)
    • Umbraculum botanicum Hedley, 1923
    • Umbraculum indicum (Lamarck, 1819)
    • Umbraculum mediterraneum (Lamarck, 1819)
    • Umbraculum ovalis (Carpenter, 1856)
    • Umbraculum plicatulum (Martens, 1881)
    • Umbraculum pulchrum Lin, 1981
    • Umbraculum sinicum (Gmelin, 1791)
    • Umbrella indica Lamarck, 1819
    • Umbrella mediterranea Lamarck, 1819

Umbraculum umbraculum, common name the umbrella slug, is a species of large sea snail or limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Umbraculidae.[2] It is found in tropical to warm temperate parts of the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, where it feeds on sponges.

  1. ^ Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2010). Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141879 on 23 July 2020
  2. ^ Goemans, Bob. "Umbraculum umbraculum: Umbrella slug". SaltCorner. Retrieved 24 July 2020.