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

Umbraculum umbraculum ([Lightfoot], 1786)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Umbraculum*	Schumacher, 1817	accepted genus name
*Gastroplax*	Blainville, 1819	synonym
*Umbrella*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym

Species group names

*Parmophorus patelloideus*	Cantraine, 1835	synonym
*Patella ombracula*	Blainville, 1819	synonym
*Patella umbellata*	Delle Chiaje, 1830	synonym
*Patella umbraculum*	[Lightfoot], 1786	synonym
*Umbraculum mediterraneum*	(Lamarck, 1819)	synonym
*Umbrella lamarckiana*	Récluz, 1843	synonym
*Umbrella mediterranea*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Atlantic umbrella slug; Atlantic umbrella snail; umbrella pleurobranch; Umbrella Snail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.;Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.

German: Atlantik-Schirmschnecke sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: ヒトエガイ

Literature

basis of record	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.
additional source	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	Lombardo, A.; Marletta, G. (2022). New observations on two umbraculid molluscs: Tylodina perversa (Umbraculida: Tylodinidae) and Umbraculum umbraculum (Umbraculida, Umbraculidae) along the central‑eastern coast of Sicily. Travaux du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”. 65(2): 15-25.
additional source	Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Umbraculum umbraculum ([Lightfoot], 1786). 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:141879