Umbraculidae

Umbraculidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Umbraculida
Superfamily: Umbraculoidea
Family: Umbraculidae
Dall, 1889
Genera

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Umbraculidae are a taxonomic family of unusual sea snails or limpets, marine opistobranch gastropod molluscs in the clade Umbraculida.[1]

Distribution

This family has a global distribution in tropical and subtropical seas.

Genera

Genera within the family Umbraculidae include:

References

  1. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1–2).
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