Piliscus
Genus of gastropods
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Piliscus is a genus of small sea snails with transparent internal shells, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Velutinidae. Because the shell is mostly internal, these snails resemble sea slugs in general appearance.[1]
| Piliscus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Velutinidae |
| Genus: | Piliscus Lovén, 1859 |
Species
Species within the genus Piliscus include:
- Piliscus commodus (Middendorff, 1851)
- Piliscus krebsii
- Piliscus probus
- Piliscus rostratus (Golikov & Gulbin, 1990)
- Piliscus undulatus (Golikov & Gulbin, 1990)