Smeagol (gastropod)
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Smeagol is a genus of small air-breathing[2] sea slugs of the upper intertidal zone.[3] They are pulmonate gastropod mollusks related to land slugs and snails.
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Smeagol climoi on seaweed buried in gravel, Houghton Bay, Wellington | |
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Family: | Pfeiffer, 1854 |
Genus: | Smeagol Climo, 1980[1] |
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5 or 6 species |
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Analysis of DNA sequences has shown that Smeagol belongs in the family Ellobiidae, and is therefore closely related to ellobiid snails.[4]