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 gastropod mollusks 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:

Piliscus commodus (Middendorff, 1851)
(Golikov & Gulbin, 1990)
(Golikov & Gulbin, 1990)

References[]

^ 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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[WoRMS-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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