Limacinidae
Encyclopedia
Limacinidae is a family
of small sea snail
s, pteropods, pelagic marine
gastropod mollusks in the clade
Thecosomata (sea butterflies).
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of small sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, pteropods, pelagic marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the clade
Clade
A clade is a group consisting of a species and all its descendants. In the terms of biological systematics, a clade is a single "branch" on the "tree of life". The idea that such a "natural group" of organisms should be grouped together and given a taxonomic name is central to biological...
Thecosomata (sea butterflies).
Genera
Genera within the family Limacinidae include:- Altaspiratella Korobkov, 1966 - synonym: Plotophysops Curry, 1982
- † Altaspiratella elongatoidea (Aldrich, 1887) - type species of the genus Altaspiratella
- † Altaspiratella bearnensis (Curry, 1982)
- † Altaspiratella multispira (Curry, 1982)
- Currylimacina Janssen, 2003
- Currylimacina cossmanni (Curry, 1981) - type species of the genus Currylimacina
- Heliconoides d’Orbigny, 1835 - Heliconoides can been splitted up in various separate genera.
- † Heliconoides auriformis (Curry, 1982)
- † Heliconoides daguini Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010
- † Heliconoides hospes (Rolle, 1861)
- (recent) Heliconoides inflata (d’Orbigny, 1836) - type species of the genus Heliconoides, = Limacina inflata (d'Orbigny, 1836)
- † Heliconoides linneensis Janssen, 2008
- † Heliconoides mercinensis (Watelet & Lefèvre, 1885)
- † Heliconoides merlei Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010
- † Heliconoides mermuysi Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010
- † Heliconoides nemoris (Curry, 1965)
- † Heliconoides paula (Curry, 1982)
- † Heliconoides pyrenaica Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010
- † Heliconoides sondaari Janssen, 2007
- † Heliconoides tertiaria (Tate, 1887)
- LimacinaLimacinaLimacina 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....
Bosc, 1817 - type genus of the family Limacinidae - Striolimacina Janssen, 1999
- † Striolimacina andaensis Janssen, 2007
- † Striolimacina imitans (Gabb, 1873) - type species of the genus Striolimacina
- Thielea
- (recent) Thielea procera Strebel, 1908 = helicoides (Jeffreys, 1877) - Thielea procera is the type species of the genus Thielea.
- new genus?
- 'Limacina' adornata Hodgkinson, 1992
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B.Arthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers LtdHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1