Piliscus

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
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
cladeHypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Velutinoidea
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)

References
  1. Piliscus Lovén, 1859. Gofas, S. (2009). Piliscus commodus (Middendorff, 1851). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species athttp://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138629 on 28 December 2011 .


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