Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Pteropoda > Suborder Euthecosomata > Superfamily Limacinoidea > Family Limacinidae

Limacina Bosc, 1817

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Heterofusus*	J. Fleming, 1823	synonym
*Scaea*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Spiratella*	Blainville, 1817	synonym
*Spirialis*	Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840	synonym

Children

Limacina bulimoides (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774)
Limacina lesueurii (A. d'Orbigny, 1836)
Limacina rangii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
Limacina retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823)
Limacina trochiformis (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ミジンウキマイマイ属

Literature

original description	Bosc L.A.G. (1817). Limacine. Limacina. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. 18: 42-43.
additional source	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.
additional source	Janssen, A. W. & Zorn, I. (2001). Notes on the systematics, morphology and biostratigraphy of fossil holoplanktonic Mollusca, 11. Limacina Bosc, 1817: precedence over Spiratella Blainville, 1817 (Mollusca, Gastropoda: Euthecosomata). Basteria. 65 (4/6): 147-149.
taxonomy source	van der Spoel, S. (1967). Euthecosomata, a group with remarkable developmental stages (Gastropoda, Pteropoda). Gorinchem: Noorduijn en Zoon. 378 pp. [20 November 1967].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limacina Bosc, 1817. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138122