Limacinidae

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Limacinidae
Limacina helicina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Thecosomata

Superfamily: Cavolinioidea
Family: Limacinidae
Gray, 1840
Genera

See text

Synonyms[1]

Spiratellidae

The Limacinidae are a family of small sea snails, pteropods, pelagic marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Thecosomata (sea butterflies).[2] [1]

Genera

Genera within the family Limacinidae include:

  • Altaspiratella Korobkov, 1966[3] - synonym: Plotophysops Curry, 1982[4]
    • A. elongatoidea (Aldrich, 1887) - type species of the genus Altaspiratella[3]
    • A. bearnensis (Curry, 1982)[4]
    • A. multispira (Curry, 1982)[4]
  • Currylimacina Janssen, 2003[3][4]
    • C. cossmanni (Curry, 1981) - type species of the genus[3]
  • Heliconoides d’Orbigny, 1835[3][4] - Heliconoides may be split into various separate genera.[4]
    • H. auriformis (Curry, 1982)[4]
    • H. daguini Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010[4]
    • H. hospes (Rolle, 1861)[4]
    • (recent) H. inflata (d’Orbigny, 1836)[4] - type species of the genus[4] = Limacina inflata (d'Orbigny, 1836)
    • H. linneensis Janssen, 2008[4]
    • H. mercinensis (Watelet & Lefèvre, 1885)[5]
    • H. merlei Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010[4]
    • H. mermuysi Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010[4]
    • H. nemoris (Curry, 1965)[4]
    • H. paula (Curry, 1982)[4]
    • H. pyrenaica Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010[4]
    • H. sondaari Janssen, 2007[6]
    • H. tertiaria (Tate, 1887)[4]
  • Limacina Bosc, 1817[3] - type genus of the family Limacinidae[2]
  • Striolimacina Janssen, 1999[3][6]
    • S. andaensis Janssen, 2007[6]
    • S. imitans (Gabb, 1873) - type species of the genus Striolimacina[6]
  • Thielea
    • (recent) T. procera Strebel, 1908 = helicoides (Jeffreys, 1877) - Thielea procera is the type species of the genus.[3]
  • new genus?[3]
    • 'Limacina' adornata Hodgkinson, 1992[3]
Genera brought into synonymy
  • Embolus Jeffreys, 1869: synonym of Heliconoides d'Orbigny, 1835
  • Polloneria Sulliotti, 1888: synonym of Heliconoides d'Orbigny, 1835
  • Scaea Philippi, 1844: synonym of Limacina Bosc, 1817
  • Spiratella Blainville, 1817: synonym of Limacina Bosc, 1817
  • Spirialis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840: synonym of Limacina Bosc, 1817

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Limacinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=13704 on 2012-07-18
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 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. PDF.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 Cahuzac B. & Janssen A. W. (2010). "Eocene to Miocene holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) of the Aquitaine Basin, southwest France". Scripta Geologica 141: http://www.scriptageologica.nl/10/nr141/a01
  5. Janssen A. W. (2010). "Pteropods (Mollusca, Euthecosomata) from the Early Eocene of Rotterdam (The Netherlands)". Scripta Geologica 07 http://www.scriptageologica.nl/10/nr007/a09
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Janssen A. W. (2007). "Holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda: Pterotracheoidea, Janthinoidea, Thecosomata and Gymnosomata) from the Pliocene of Pangasinan (Luzon, Philippines)". Scripta Geologica 137 http://www.scriptageologica.nl/07/nr135/a02

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