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 lesueurii (A. d'Orbigny, 1836)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Limacina*	Bosc, 1817	accepted genus name
*Limacina bulimoides*	(A. d'Orbigny, 1835)	taxonomically included in
*Limacina helicina*	(Phipps, 1774)	taxonomically included in
*Limacina lesueurii*	(A. d'Orbigny, 1836)	taxonomically included in
*Limacina rangii*	(A. d'Orbigny, 1835)	taxonomically included in
*Limacina retroversa*	(J. Fleming, 1823)	taxonomically included in
*Limacina trochiformis*	(A. d'Orbigny, 1835)	taxonomically included in
*Heterofusus*	J. Fleming, 1823	synonym
*Scaea*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Spiratella*	Blainville, 1817	synonym
*Spirialis*	Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840	synonym

Species group names

*Atlanta (Heliconoides) lesueurii*	A. d'Orbigny, 1836	synonym
*Atlanta lesueurii*	A. d'Orbigny, 1836	synonym
*Limacina crossei*	Pelseneer, 1888	synonym
*Spirialis ventricosa*	Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Lesueur's pteropod sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Lesueurs Flossenfüßer

Literature

additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974].
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	Janssen, A.W. (2012). Late Quaternary to Recent holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from bottom samples of the eastern Mediterranean Sea: systematics, morphology. Bollettino Malacologico. 48 (suplemento 9): 1-105.
additional source	Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.
additional source	Janssen, A. W.; Bush, S. L. & Bednaršek, N. (2019). The shelled pteropods of the northeast Pacific Ocean (Mollusca: Heterobranchia, Pteropoda). Zoosymposia. 13: 305-346.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limacina lesueurii (A. d'Orbigny, 1836). 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:140226