Berthelinia limax | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia Informal group Opisthobranchia |
Superfamily: | Oxynooidea |
Family: | Juliidae |
Genus: | Berthelinia |
Species: | B. lima |
Binomial name | |
Berthelinia limax (Kawaguti & Baba, 1959) |
Berthelinia limax is a species of a sea snail with a shell comprising two separate hinged pieces or valves. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Juliidae.
The type locality for this species is Seto, Aichi, Japan.[1]
Berthelinia limax is found in Pacific localities such as Japan, Australia, California, Hawaii, Jamaica in the Atlantic, and more recently in the Indian Ocean region.[2]