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