Limacinidae

Short description: Family of gastropods

Limacinidae

Limacina helicina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Heterobranchia
Clade:  | Euopisthobranchia
Order:  | Pteropoda
Superfamily:  | Limacinoidea
Family:  | Limacinidae
Gray, 1840
Genera

See text

Synonyms[1]

Spiratellidae

The Limacinidae are a family of small sea snails, pteropods, pelagic marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Thecosomata (sea butterflies).[2][1]

## Genera

Genera within the family Limacinidae include:

* Altaspiratella Korobkov, 1966[3] \- synonym: Plotophysops Curry, 1982[4]
* † A. elongatoidea (Aldrich, 1887) - type species of the genus Altaspiratella[3]
* † A. bearnensis (Curry, 1982)[4]
* † A. multispira (Curry, 1982)[4]
* Currylimacina Janssen, 2003[3][4]
* C. cossmanni (Curry, 1981) - type species of the genus[3]
* Heliconoides d'Orbigny, 1835[3][4] \- Heliconoides may be split into various separate genera.[4]
* † H. auriformis (Curry, 1982)[4]
* † H. daguini Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010[4]
* † H. hospes (Rolle, 1861)[4]
* (recent) H. inflatus (d'Orbigny, 1836)[4] \- type species of the genus[4] = Limacina inflata (d'Orbigny, 1836)
* † H. linneensis Janssen, 2008[4]
* † H. mercinensis (Watelet & Lefèvre, 1885)[5]
* † H. merlei Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010[4]
* † H. mermuysi Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010[4]
* † H. nemoris (Curry, 1965)[4]
* † H. paula (Curry, 1982)[4]
* † H. pyrenaica Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010[4]
* † H. sondaari Janssen, 2007[6]
* † H. tertiaria (Tate, 1887)[4]
* Limacina Bosc, 1817[3] \- type genus of the family Limacinidae[2]
* Striolimacina Janssen, 1999[3][6]
* † S. andaensis Janssen, 2007[6]
* † S. imitans (Gabb, 1873) - type species of the genus Striolimacina[6]
* Skaptotion Curry, 1965
* Thielea
* (recent) T. procera Strebel, 1908 = helicoides (Jeffreys, 1877) - Thielea procera is the type species of the genus.[3]
* new genus?[3]
* 'Limacina' adornata Hodgkinson, 1992[3]

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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Limacinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=13704 on 2012-07-18
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel; Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 Janssen A. W. (2003). "Notes on the systematics, morphology and biostratigraphy of fossil holoplanktonic Mollusca, 13. Considerations on a subdivision of Thecosomata, with the emphasis on genus group classification of Limacinidae". Cainozoic Research 2(1-2): 163-170. PDF .
4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 Cahuzac B. & Janssen A. W. (2010). "Eocene to Miocene holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) of the Aquitaine Basin, southwest France". Scripta Geologica 141: http://www.scriptageologica.nl/10/nr141/a01
5. ↑ Janssen A. W. (2010). "Pteropods (Mollusca, Euthecosomata) from the Early Eocene of Rotterdam (The Netherlands)". Scripta Geologica 07 http://www.scriptageologica.nl/10/nr007/a09
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Janssen A. W. (2007). "Holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda: Pterotracheoidea, Janthinoidea, Thecosomata and Gymnosomata) from the Pliocene of Pangasinan (Luzon, Philippines)". Scripta Geologica 137 http://www.scriptageologica.nl/07/nr135/a02

## Further reading

* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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