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 > Genus Limacina

Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Clio Linnaeus, 1767

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Argonauta arctica*	O. Fabricius, 1780	synonym
*Limacina helicialis*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Spiratella limacina*	Blainville, 1824	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ミジンウキマイマイ

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
status source	Hunt B., Strugnell J., Bednarsek N., Linse K., Nelson R.J., Pakhomov E., Seibel B., Steinke D. & Würzberg L. (2010). Poles apart: The "bipolar" pteropod species Limacina helicina is genetically distinct between the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans. PLoS One 5(3):e9835.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774). 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:140223