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Umbrella slug

Index Umbrella slug

The umbrella slug (Umbraculum umbraculum) is a species of large sea snail or limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Umbraculidae. [1]

16 relations: Animal, Euopisthobranchia, Euthyneura, Family (biology), Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, John Lightfoot (biologist), Limpet, Mollusca, Ocean, Sea snail, Species, Umbraculidae, Umbraculoidea, Umbraculum (gastropod).

Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Euopisthobranchia

Euopisthobranchia is a taxonomic clade of snails and slugs in the clade Heterobranchia within the clade Euthyneura.

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Euthyneura

Euthyneura is a taxonomic clade of snails and slugs, which includes species from freshwater, marine, aquatic and terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the clade Heterobranchia.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Gastropoda

The gastropods, more commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca, called Gastropoda.

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Heterobranchia

Heterobranchia, the heterobranchs (meaning "different-gilled snails"), is a taxonomic clade of snails and slugs, which includes marine, aquatic and terrestrial gastropod mollusks.

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Johann Friedrich Gmelin

Johann Friedrich Gmelin (8 August 1748 – 1 November 1804) was a German naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist, and malacologist.

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John Lightfoot (biologist)

The Reverend John Lightfoot (9 December 1735 – 20 February 1788) was an English parson-naturalist, spending much of his free time as a conchologist and botanist.

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Limpet

Limpets are aquatic snails with a shell that is broadly conical in shape and a strong, muscular foot.

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Mollusca

Mollusca is a large phylum of invertebrate animals whose members are known as molluscs or mollusksThe formerly dominant spelling mollusk is still used in the U.S. — see the reasons given in Gary Rosenberg's.

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Ocean

An ocean (the sea of classical antiquity) is a body of saline water that composes much of a planet's hydrosphere.

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Sea snail

Sea snail is a common name for snails that normally live in saltwater, in other words marine gastropods.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Umbraculidae

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

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Umbraculoidea

Umbraculoidea is a superfamily of unusual false limpets with a thin soft patelliform shell, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Umbraculida, within the clade Euopisthobranchia.

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Umbraculum (gastropod)

Umbraculum, common name the "umbrella slugs" is a genus of unusual sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Umbraculidae.

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Redirects here:

Patella sinica, Patella umbrella, U. indica, Umbraculum botanicum, Umbraculum chinensis, Umbraculum sinicum, Umbraculum umbraculum, Umbrella indica.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_slug

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