Umbraculoidea
Superfamily of gastropods
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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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| A live individual of Tylodina perversa in situ | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Umbraculoidea Dall, 1889 (1827) |
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There are two families in this superfamily, which is listed as the only superfamily in the clade Umbraculida within the informal group Opisthobranchia in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005).[1]
Taxonomy
A study by Grande et al., published in 2004, concluded that Umbraculoidea was a sister clade to the Cephalaspidea (Acteonoidea excluded).[2]
2005 taxonomy
Umbraculoidea contains two families:
- Family Umbraculidae
- Family Tylodinidae
2010 taxonomy
Jörger et al. (2010)[3] moved Umbraculoidea to the Euopisthobranchia.
