Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Thecosomata > Suborder Euthecosomata > Superfamily Limacinoidea > Family Limacinidae

Limacina Bosc, 1817

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Heterofusus Fleming, 1823 synonym
Scaea Philippi, 1844 synonym
Spiratella Blainville, 1817 synonym
Spirialis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840 synonym

Children

Limacina bulimoides (d'Orbigny, 1834)
Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774)
Limacina lesueurii (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Limacina retroversa (Fleming, 1823)
Limacina trochiformis (d'Orbigny, 1834)

Literature

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

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]

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Limacina Bosc, 1817. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138122

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Last modified

2012-07-17 by Philippe Bouchet

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