Skip to content
EntityQ6548854· pop 9· linked from 18 articles

Limacinidae

Sign in to save

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

In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, Limacinidae is referenced by 18 other articles, and connects out to Mollusca, Thecosomata and Animalia.

It sits within the topics Limacinidae and Taxa named by John Edward Gray.

Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Image
LimacinaHelicinaNOAA.jpg
Show 3 more facts
taxon name
Limacinidae
Commons category
Limacinidae
taxon common name
Flügelschnecke
Sources (1)

via Wikidata · CC0

~2 min read

Encyclopedic overview

3 sections
Contents
  • Genera
  • References
  • Further reading

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

==Genera== Genera within the family Limacinidae include: Altaspiratella Korobkov, 1966 - synonym: Plotophysops Curry, 1982 † A. elongatoidea (Aldrich, 1887) - type species of the genus Altaspiratella † A. bearnensis (Curry, 1982) † A. multispira (Curry, 1982) Currylimacina Janssen, 2003 C. cossmanni (Curry, 1981) - type species of the genus Heliconoides d'Orbigny, 1835 - Heliconoides may be split into various separate genera. † H. auriformis (Curry, 1982) † H. daguini Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010 † H. hospes (Rolle, 1861) (recent) H. inflatus (d'Orbigny, 1836) - type species of the genus = Limacina inflata (d'Orbigny, 1836) † H. linneensis Janssen, 2008 † H. mercinensis (Watelet & Lefèvre, 1885) † H. merlei Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010 † H. mermuysi Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010 † H. nemoris (Curry, 1965) † H. paula (Curry, 1982) † H. pyrenaica Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010 † H. sondaari Janssen, 2007 † H. tertiaria (Tate, 1887) Limacina Bosc, 1817 - type genus of the family Limacinidae Striolimacina Janssen, 1999 † S. andaensis Janssen, 2007 † S. imitans (Gabb, 1873) - type species of the genus Striolimacina Skaptotion Curry, 1965 Thielea (recent) T. procera Strebel, 1908 = helicoides (Jeffreys, 1877) - Thielea procera is the type species of the genus. new genus? '''Limacina' adornata Hodgkinson, 1992 Genera brought into synonymy: Embolus Jeffreys, 1869: synonym of Heliconoides'' d'Orbigny, 1835 Heterofusus Fleming, 1823; synonym of Limacina Bosc, 1817 Lornia Marwick, 1926; synonym of Limacina Bosc, 1817 Munthea van der Spoel, 1967; synonym of Limacina Bosc, 1817 † Plotophysops Curry, 1982; synonym of † Altaspiratella Korobkov, 1966 Polloneria Sulliotti, 1888: synonym of Heliconoides d'Orbigny, 1835 Protomedea O. G. Costa, 1861; 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 Thilea; synonym of Thielea Strebel, 1908

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Limacinidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Available in 8 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0

Connections

Categories