Piliscus

Piliscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
cladeHypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Velutinidae
Genus: Piliscus
Lovén, 1859

Piliscus is a genus of small sea snails with transparent internal shells, marine gastropodmollusk in the family Velutinidae. Because the shell is mostly internal, these snails resemble sea slugs in general appearance.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Piliscus include:

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.