Limacinidae
Appearance
Limacinidae | |
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Limacina helicina | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
Order: | Pteropoda |
Superfamily: | Limacinoidea |
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]
- 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. inflatus (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]
- Skaptotion Curry, 1965
- 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
- 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
References
- ^ a b 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
- ^ a b Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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 Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r 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 Archived 2012-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d 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 Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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