Limacinidae

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

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

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Synonyms[1]

Spiratellidae

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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

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