WoRMS taxon details
Umbraculum Schumacher, 1817
138620 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138620)
accepted
Genus
Umbraculum chinense Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Umbraculum umbraculum ([Lightfoot], 1786) (type by monotypy)
Gastroplax Blainville, 1819 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Operculatum Mörch, 1852 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Umbrella Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
- Species Umbraculum umbraculum ([Lightfoot], 1786)
- Species Umbraculum pictum (A. Adams, 1855) (uncertain > unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)
- Subgenus Umbraculum (Hyalopatina) Dall, 1889 accepted as Hyalopatina Dall, 1889 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Umbraculum (Hyalopatina) rushii Dall, 1889 accepted as Hyalopatina rushii (Dall, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Umbraculum bermudense (Mörch, 1875) accepted as Umbraculum umbraculum ([Lightfoot], 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Umbraculum botanicum Hedley, 1923 accepted as Umbraculum umbraculum ([Lightfoot], 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Umbraculum chinense Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Umbraculum umbraculum ([Lightfoot], 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Umbraculum indicum (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Umbraculum umbraculum ([Lightfoot], 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Umbraculum mediterraneum (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Umbraculum umbraculum ([Lightfoot], 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Umbraculum ovale (P. P. Carpenter, 1856) accepted as Umbraculum umbraculum ([Lightfoot], 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Umbraculum plicatulum (E. von Martens, 1881) accepted as Umbraculum umbraculum ([Lightfoot], 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Umbraculum pulchrum G.-Y. Lin, 1981 accepted as Umbraculum umbraculum ([Lightfoot], 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Umbraculum sinicum (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Umbraculum umbraculum ([Lightfoot], 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 55, 177 [details]
page(s): 55, 177 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Umbraculum Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138620 on 2026-05-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 55, 177 [details]
original description (of Umbrella Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): Volume 6(1): 339-343 [details]
original description (of Gastroplax Blainville, 1819) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1819). Sur l'animal de la <i>Patella ombracula</i> de Chemnitz. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Socciété Philomathique de Paris.</em> 1819: 178-182., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4438248 [details]
original description (of Operculatum Mörch, 1852) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): Vol. 1: 137. [details]
basis of record Willan, R. C. & Burn, R. (2003). On the publication date, authorship, and type species of <i>Umbraculum</i> and <i>Tylodina</i> (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Tylodinoidea): a rejoinder. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 117 (1): 23-29., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525333 [details]
page(s): 55, 177 [details]
original description (of Umbrella Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): Volume 6(1): 339-343 [details]
original description (of Gastroplax Blainville, 1819) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1819). Sur l'animal de la <i>Patella ombracula</i> de Chemnitz. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Socciété Philomathique de Paris.</em> 1819: 178-182., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4438248 [details]
original description (of Operculatum Mörch, 1852) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): Vol. 1: 137. [details]
basis of record Willan, R. C. & Burn, R. (2003). On the publication date, authorship, and type species of <i>Umbraculum</i> and <i>Tylodina</i> (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Tylodinoidea): a rejoinder. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 117 (1): 23-29., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525333 [details]
Other
additional source
Govoni, D. L., Crowley, K. D., Hansen, T. A. & Allmon, W. D. (2025). Gastropod mollusks from the Brightseat Formation (Paleocene: Danian) of Maryland. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> No. 412: 1-103, text-figs. 1-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.32857/bap.2025.412.01
page(s): 77, text-fig. 54; note: as Umbrachulum? sp. indet. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Govoni, D. L. (1983). Gastropod Molluscs from the Brightseat Formation (Paleocene: Danian) of Maryland. Unpublished MS Thesis, The George Washington University, Washington, D. C., 238 pp. + 15 pls.
page(s): 202-203, pl. 15, figs. 8-10; note: as Umbraculum>? sp. indet. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wägele, H., Vonnemann, V. & Rudman, W. B. (2006). <i>Umbraculum umbraculum</i> (Lightfoot, 1786) (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Tylodinoidea) and the synonymy of <i>U. mediterraneum</i> (Lamarck, 1812). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 69, 69-82., available online at http://10.18195/issn.0313-122x.69.2006.069-082 [details]
page(s): 77, text-fig. 54; note: as Umbrachulum? sp. indet. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Govoni, D. L. (1983). Gastropod Molluscs from the Brightseat Formation (Paleocene: Danian) of Maryland. Unpublished MS Thesis, The George Washington University, Washington, D. C., 238 pp. + 15 pls.
page(s): 202-203, pl. 15, figs. 8-10; note: as Umbraculum>? sp. indet. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wägele, H., Vonnemann, V. & Rudman, W. B. (2006). <i>Umbraculum umbraculum</i> (Lightfoot, 1786) (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Tylodinoidea) and the synonymy of <i>U. mediterraneum</i> (Lamarck, 1812). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 69, 69-82., available online at http://10.18195/issn.0313-122x.69.2006.069-082 [details]
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