Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Umbraculida > Superfamily Umbraculoidea > Family Umbraculidae

Umbraculum Schumacher, 1817

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gastroplax*	Blainville, 1819	synonym
*Umbrella*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym

Children

Umbraculum umbraculum ([Lightfoot], 1786)

Literature

original description	Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.
basis of record	Willan, R. C. & Burn, R. (2003). On the publication date, authorship, and type species of Umbraculum and Tylodina (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Tylodinoidea): a rejoinder. The Nautilus. 117 (1): 23-29.
additional source	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, 69-82.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Umbraculum Schumacher, 1817. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138620