Limacinidae

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Limacinidae Higher classification Sea butterfly		Superfamily Limacinoidea Phylum Mollusca Rank Family

Similar Limacina, Gastropods, Molluscs, Sea butterfly, Retusidae

The Limacinidae are a family of small sea snails, pteropods, pelagic marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Thecosomata (sea butterflies).

Genera

Genera within the family Limacinidae include:

Altaspiratella Korobkov, 1966 - synonym: Plotophysops Curry, 1982

† A. elongatoidea (Aldrich, 1887) - type species of the genus Altaspiratella

† A. bearnensis (Curry, 1982)

† A. multispira (Curry, 1982)

Currylimacina Janssen, 2003

C. cossmanni (Curry, 1981) - type species of the genus

Heliconoides d’Orbigny, 1835 - Heliconoides may be split into various separate genera.

† H. auriformis (Curry, 1982)

† H. daguini Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010

† H. hospes (Rolle, 1861)

(recent) H. inflatus (d’Orbigny, 1836) - type species of the genus = Limacina inflata (d'Orbigny, 1836)

† H. linneensis Janssen, 2008

† H. mercinensis (Watelet & Lefèvre, 1885)

† H. merlei Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010

† H. mermuysi Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010

† H. nemoris (Curry, 1965)

† H. paula (Curry, 1982)

† H. pyrenaica Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010

† H. sondaari Janssen, 2007

† H. tertiaria (Tate, 1887)

Limacina Bosc, 1817 - type genus of the family Limacinidae

Striolimacina Janssen, 1999

† S. andaensis Janssen, 2007

† S. imitans (Gabb, 1873) - type species of the genus Striolimacina

Skaptotion Curry, 1965

Thielea

(recent) T. procera Strebel, 1908 = helicoides (Jeffreys, 1877) - Thielea procera is the type species of the genus.

new genus?

'Limacina' adornata Hodgkinson, 1992

Genera brought into synonymy

Embolus Jeffreys, 1869: synonym of Heliconoides d'Orbigny, 1835

Heterofusus Fleming, 1823; synonym of Limacina Bosc, 1817

Lornia Marwick, 1926; synonym of Limacina Bosc, 1817

Munthea van der Spoel, 1967; synonym of Limacina Bosc, 1817

† Plotophysops Curry, 1982; synonym of † Altaspiratella Korobkov, 1966

Polloneria Sulliotti, 1888: synonym of Heliconoides d'Orbigny, 1835

Protomedea O. G. Costa, 1861; synonym of Heliconoides d'Orbigny, 1835

Scaea Philippi, 1844: synonym of Limacina Bosc, 1817

Spiratella Blainville, 1817: synonym of Limacina Bosc, 1817

Spirialis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840: synonym of Limacina Bosc, 1817

Thilea; synonym of Thielea Strebel, 1908

References

Limacinidae Wikipedia

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