Piliscus

Piliscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Velutinidae
Genus:	Piliscus ; Lovén, 1859

Last updated December 11, 2025

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)
Piliscus krebsii
Piliscus probus
Piliscus rostratus (Golikov & Gulbin, 1990)
Piliscus undulatus (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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