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Limacina
Sign in to saveLimacina is a genus of swimming predatory sea snails commonly known as sea butterflies in the family Limacinidae. This genus contains some of the world's most abundant gastropod species.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderPteropoda
- FamilyLimacinidae
Habitatmarine
Observations825
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 432
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Limacinidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, ANSP, USNM, YPM, NCSM
- Recorded in
- United Kingdom, Ecuador, United States, Canada, French Polynesia, Argentina
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Shell description
- Description of the soft parts
- Life habits
- Species
- Synonyms
- References
Limacina is a genus of swimming predatory sea snails commonly known as sea butterflies in the family Limacinidae. This genus contains some of the world's most abundant gastropod species.
Etymological meaning of the generic name Limacina is "snail-like".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Limacina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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