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Limacina Bosc, 1817
138122 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138122)
accepted
Genus
Clio helicina Phipps, 1774 accepted as Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774) (type by monotypy)
Crino Gistel, 1848 (Unnecssary substitute name for Limacina)
Munthea van der Spoel, 1967 (unavailable name: no type species designated)
Spiralis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840 (Spelling variant)
Spiratella Blainville, 1817 (Objective synonym of Limacina)
Species Limacina acutimarginata (Korobkov, 1966) †
Species Limacina adornata Hodgkinson, 1992 †
Species Limacina aegis Hodgkinson, 1992 †
Species Limacina aryanaensis A. W. Janssen, 2013 †
Species Limacina asiatica A. W. Janssen, 2011 †
Species Limacina atlanta (Mörch, 1874) †
Species Limacina bulimoides (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Species Limacina canadaensis Hodgkinson, 1992 †
Species Limacina conica (Koenen, 1892) †
Species Limacina convolutus Hodgkinson, 1992 †
Species Limacina curryi A. W. Janssen, 1990 †
Species Limacina davidi Hodgkinson, 1992 †
Species Limacina dilatata (Koenen, 1892) †
Species Limacina dzheroiensis A. W. Janssen, 2011 †
Species Limacina erasmiana A. W. Janssen, 2010 †
Species Limacina ernstkittli A. W. Janssen, 2012 †
Species Limacina gormani (Curry, 1982) †
Species Limacina gramensis (Rasmussen, 1968) †
Species Limacina guersi A. W. Janssen, 2010 †
Species Limacina heatherae Hodgkinson, 1992 †
Species Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774)
Species Limacina helikos Hodgkinson, 1992 †
Species Limacina ingridae A. W. Janssen, 1989 †
Species Limacina irisae A. W. Janssen, 1989 †
Species Limacina karasawai Ando, 2011 †
Species Limacina lesueurii (d'Orbigny, 1836)
Species Limacina limata (Marwick, 1926) †
Species Limacina lotschi (Tembrock, 1989) †
Species Limacina lunata A. W. Janssen, 1990 †
Species Limacina mariae A. W. Janssen, 1989 †
Species Limacina miorostralis (Kautsky, 1925) †
Species Limacina nemoris (Curry, 1965) †
Species Limacina novacaesarea A. W. Janssen & Sessa, 2016 †
Species Limacina parvabrazensis Garvie & A. W. Janssen, 2020 †
Species Limacina perforata A. W. Janssen, 2013 †
Species Limacina planorbella (Korobkov, 1966) †
Species Limacina pseudopygmaea Garvie & A. W. Janssen, 2020 †
Species Limacina pygmaea (Lamarck, 1805) †
Species Limacina rangii (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Species Limacina retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823)
Species Limacina robusta (Eames, 1952) †
Species Limacina sculptilis (P. A. Maxwell, 1992) †
Species Limacina smithvillensis Hodgkinson, 1992 †
Species Limacina tanzaniaensis L. J. Cotton, A. W. Janssen, Pearson & van Driel, 2017 †
Species Limacina tatei A. W. Janssen, 1990 †
Species Limacina tertiaria (Tate, 1887) †
Species Limacina texanopsis Garvie, 2020 †
Species Limacina timi L. J. Cotton, A. W. Janssen, Pearson & van Driel, 2017 †
Species Limacina trochiformis (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Species Limacina tutelina (Curry, 1965) †
Species Limacina umbilicata (Bornemann, 1855) †
Species Limacina valvatina (Reuss, 1867) †
Species Limacina vegrandis Cahuzac & A. W. Janssen, 2010 †
Species Limacina wechesensis Hodgkinson, 1992 †
Species Limacina wilhelminae A. W. Janssen, 1989 †
Species Limacina yadongensis X.-F. Li, G.-B. Li, Garvie, T.-Y. Wang & J. Zhao, 2020 †
Species Limacina yazdii A. W. Janssen, 2013 †
Species Limacina cochlostyloides Tesch, 1907 (taxon inquirendum)
Species Limacina costulata Preston, 1916 (taxon inquirendum)
Species Limacina korobkovi (Tembrock, 1989) † (taxon inquirendum)
Species Limacina augustana (J. Gardner, 1951) † (nomen dubium)
Subgenus Limacina (Limacina) Bosc, 1817 accepted as Limacina Bosc, 1817
Species Limacina antoniae A. W. Janssen & C. King, 1988 † accepted as Limacina hospes Rolle, 1862 † accepted as Heliconoides hospes (Rolle, 1862) †
Species Limacina atypica (Laws, 1944) † accepted as Heliconoides atypicus (Laws, 1944) †
Species Limacina balea Møller, 1841 accepted as Limacina retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823) (synonym)
Species Limacina choctavensis (Aldrich, 1887) † accepted as Altaspiratella choctavensis (Aldrich, 1887) †
Species Limacina contorta Sykes, 1905 accepted as Limacina trochiformis (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Species Limacina convolvula Hodgkinson, 1992 † accepted as Heliconoides bartonensis (Curry, 1965) †
Species Limacina crossei Pelseneer, 1888 accepted as Limacina lesueurii (d'Orbigny, 1836) (synonym)
Species Limacina cucullata Gould, 1852 accepted as Limacina rangii f. antarctica Woodward, 1854 accepted as Limacina antarctica Woodward, 1854 accepted as Limacina rangii (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Species Limacina elevata R. L. Collins, 1934 † accepted as Striolimacina imitans (Gabb, 1873) †
Species Limacina elongatoidea (Aldrich, 1887) † accepted as Altaspiratella elongatoidea (Aldrich, 1887) †
Species Limacina ferax (Laws, 1944) † accepted as Heliconoides ferax (Laws, 1944) †
Species Limacina formae Audenino, 1899 † accepted as Sphaerocina formae (Audenino, 1899) †
Species Limacina helicialis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774) (synonym)
Species Limacina helicoides Jeffreys, 1877 accepted as Thielea helicoides (Jeffreys, 1877) (original combination)
Species Limacina hospes Rolle, 1862 † accepted as Heliconoides hospes (Rolle, 1862) †
Species Limacina inflata (d'Orbigny, 1834) accepted as Heliconoides inflatus (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Species Limacina jessyae A. W. Janssen, 1989 † accepted as Limacina lotschi (Tembrock, 1989) †
Species Limacina labiata Hodgkinson, 1992 † accepted as Altaspiratella labiata (Hodgkinson, 1992) † (original combination)
Species Limacina mercinensis (Watelet & Lefèvre, 1885) † accepted as Heliconoides mercinensis (Watelet & Lefèvre, 1885) †
Species Limacina naticoides Souleyet, 1852 accepted as Limacina trochiformis (d'Orbigny, 1835) (synonym)
Species Limacina nitens (I. Lea, 1833) † accepted as Heliconoides nitens (I. Lea, 1833) †
Species Limacina pacifica Dall, 1871 accepted as Limacina helicina pacifica Dall, 1871
Species Limacina planidorsalis Hodgkinson, 1992 † accepted as Heliconoides mercinensis (Watelet & Lefèvre, 1885) † (uncertain synonym)
Species Limacina scaphoidea Gould, 1852 accepted as Heliconoides inflatus (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Species Limacina stenzeli Garvie, 1992 † accepted as Heliconoides stenzeli (Garvie, 1992) † (original combination)
Species Limacina taylori (Curry, 1965) † accepted as Heliconoides taylori (Curry, 1965) †
Species Limacina texana Garvie & Hodgkinson, 1992 † accepted as Heliconoides texanus (Garvie & Hodgkinson, 1992) † (original combination)
Species Limacina voluta Hodgkinson, 1992 † accepted as Limacina conica (Koenen, 1892) † (probable synonym)
Species Limacina adornata Hodgkinson, 1992 †
Species Limacina aegis Hodgkinson, 1992 †
Species Limacina aryanaensis A. W. Janssen, 2013 †
Species Limacina asiatica A. W. Janssen, 2011 †
Species Limacina atlanta (Mörch, 1874) †
Species Limacina bulimoides (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Species Limacina canadaensis Hodgkinson, 1992 †
Species Limacina conica (Koenen, 1892) †
Species Limacina convolutus Hodgkinson, 1992 †
Species Limacina curryi A. W. Janssen, 1990 †
Species Limacina davidi Hodgkinson, 1992 †
Species Limacina dilatata (Koenen, 1892) †
Species Limacina dzheroiensis A. W. Janssen, 2011 †
Species Limacina erasmiana A. W. Janssen, 2010 †
Species Limacina ernstkittli A. W. Janssen, 2012 †
Species Limacina gormani (Curry, 1982) †
Species Limacina gramensis (Rasmussen, 1968) †
Species Limacina guersi A. W. Janssen, 2010 †
Species Limacina heatherae Hodgkinson, 1992 †
Species Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774)
Species Limacina helikos Hodgkinson, 1992 †
Species Limacina ingridae A. W. Janssen, 1989 †
Species Limacina irisae A. W. Janssen, 1989 †
Species Limacina karasawai Ando, 2011 †
Species Limacina lesueurii (d'Orbigny, 1836)
Species Limacina limata (Marwick, 1926) †
Species Limacina lotschi (Tembrock, 1989) †
Species Limacina lunata A. W. Janssen, 1990 †
Species Limacina mariae A. W. Janssen, 1989 †
Species Limacina miorostralis (Kautsky, 1925) †
Species Limacina nemoris (Curry, 1965) †
Species Limacina novacaesarea A. W. Janssen & Sessa, 2016 †
Species Limacina parvabrazensis Garvie & A. W. Janssen, 2020 †
Species Limacina perforata A. W. Janssen, 2013 †
Species Limacina planorbella (Korobkov, 1966) †
Species Limacina pseudopygmaea Garvie & A. W. Janssen, 2020 †
Species Limacina pygmaea (Lamarck, 1805) †
Species Limacina rangii (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Species Limacina retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823)
Species Limacina robusta (Eames, 1952) †
Species Limacina sculptilis (P. A. Maxwell, 1992) †
Species Limacina smithvillensis Hodgkinson, 1992 †
Species Limacina tanzaniaensis L. J. Cotton, A. W. Janssen, Pearson & van Driel, 2017 †
Species Limacina tatei A. W. Janssen, 1990 †
Species Limacina tertiaria (Tate, 1887) †
Species Limacina texanopsis Garvie, 2020 †
Species Limacina timi L. J. Cotton, A. W. Janssen, Pearson & van Driel, 2017 †
Species Limacina trochiformis (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Species Limacina tutelina (Curry, 1965) †
Species Limacina umbilicata (Bornemann, 1855) †
Species Limacina valvatina (Reuss, 1867) †
Species Limacina vegrandis Cahuzac & A. W. Janssen, 2010 †
Species Limacina wechesensis Hodgkinson, 1992 †
Species Limacina wilhelminae A. W. Janssen, 1989 †
Species Limacina yadongensis X.-F. Li, G.-B. Li, Garvie, T.-Y. Wang & J. Zhao, 2020 †
Species Limacina yazdii A. W. Janssen, 2013 †
Species Limacina cochlostyloides Tesch, 1907 (taxon inquirendum)
Species Limacina costulata Preston, 1916 (taxon inquirendum)
Species Limacina korobkovi (Tembrock, 1989) † (taxon inquirendum)
Species Limacina augustana (J. Gardner, 1951) † (nomen dubium)
Subgenus Limacina (Limacina) Bosc, 1817 accepted as Limacina Bosc, 1817
» Species Limacina (Limacina) atypica (Laws, 1944) † represented as Limacina atypica (Laws, 1944) † accepted as Heliconoides atypicus (Laws, 1944) †
» Species Limacina (Limacina) dilatata (Koenen, 1892) † represented as Limacina dilatata (Koenen, 1892) †
» Species Limacina (Limacina) ferax (Laws, 1944) † represented as Limacina ferax (Laws, 1944) † accepted as Heliconoides ferax (Laws, 1944) †
» Species Limacina (Limacina) limata (Marwick, 1926) † represented as Limacina limata (Marwick, 1926) †
» Species Limacina (Limacina) sculptilis (P. A. Maxwell, 1992) † represented as Limacina sculptilis (P. A. Maxwell, 1992) †
Species Limacina antarctica Woodward, 1854 accepted as Limacina rangii (d'Orbigny, 1835)» Species Limacina (Limacina) dilatata (Koenen, 1892) † represented as Limacina dilatata (Koenen, 1892) †
» Species Limacina (Limacina) ferax (Laws, 1944) † represented as Limacina ferax (Laws, 1944) † accepted as Heliconoides ferax (Laws, 1944) †
» Species Limacina (Limacina) limata (Marwick, 1926) † represented as Limacina limata (Marwick, 1926) †
» Species Limacina (Limacina) sculptilis (P. A. Maxwell, 1992) † represented as Limacina sculptilis (P. A. Maxwell, 1992) †
Species Limacina antoniae A. W. Janssen & C. King, 1988 † accepted as Limacina hospes Rolle, 1862 † accepted as Heliconoides hospes (Rolle, 1862) †
Species Limacina atypica (Laws, 1944) † accepted as Heliconoides atypicus (Laws, 1944) †
Species Limacina balea Møller, 1841 accepted as Limacina retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823) (synonym)
Species Limacina choctavensis (Aldrich, 1887) † accepted as Altaspiratella choctavensis (Aldrich, 1887) †
Species Limacina contorta Sykes, 1905 accepted as Limacina trochiformis (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Species Limacina convolvula Hodgkinson, 1992 † accepted as Heliconoides bartonensis (Curry, 1965) †
Species Limacina crossei Pelseneer, 1888 accepted as Limacina lesueurii (d'Orbigny, 1836) (synonym)
Species Limacina cucullata Gould, 1852 accepted as Limacina rangii f. antarctica Woodward, 1854 accepted as Limacina antarctica Woodward, 1854 accepted as Limacina rangii (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Species Limacina elevata R. L. Collins, 1934 † accepted as Striolimacina imitans (Gabb, 1873) †
Species Limacina elongatoidea (Aldrich, 1887) † accepted as Altaspiratella elongatoidea (Aldrich, 1887) †
Species Limacina ferax (Laws, 1944) † accepted as Heliconoides ferax (Laws, 1944) †
Species Limacina formae Audenino, 1899 † accepted as Sphaerocina formae (Audenino, 1899) †
Species Limacina helicialis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774) (synonym)
Species Limacina helicoides Jeffreys, 1877 accepted as Thielea helicoides (Jeffreys, 1877) (original combination)
Species Limacina hospes Rolle, 1862 † accepted as Heliconoides hospes (Rolle, 1862) †
Species Limacina inflata (d'Orbigny, 1834) accepted as Heliconoides inflatus (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Species Limacina jessyae A. W. Janssen, 1989 † accepted as Limacina lotschi (Tembrock, 1989) †
Species Limacina labiata Hodgkinson, 1992 † accepted as Altaspiratella labiata (Hodgkinson, 1992) † (original combination)
Species Limacina mercinensis (Watelet & Lefèvre, 1885) † accepted as Heliconoides mercinensis (Watelet & Lefèvre, 1885) †
Species Limacina naticoides Souleyet, 1852 accepted as Limacina trochiformis (d'Orbigny, 1835) (synonym)
Species Limacina nitens (I. Lea, 1833) † accepted as Heliconoides nitens (I. Lea, 1833) †
Species Limacina pacifica Dall, 1871 accepted as Limacina helicina pacifica Dall, 1871
Species Limacina planidorsalis Hodgkinson, 1992 † accepted as Heliconoides mercinensis (Watelet & Lefèvre, 1885) † (uncertain synonym)
Species Limacina scaphoidea Gould, 1852 accepted as Heliconoides inflatus (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Species Limacina stenzeli Garvie, 1992 † accepted as Heliconoides stenzeli (Garvie, 1992) † (original combination)
Species Limacina taylori (Curry, 1965) † accepted as Heliconoides taylori (Curry, 1965) †
Species Limacina texana Garvie & Hodgkinson, 1992 † accepted as Heliconoides texanus (Garvie & Hodgkinson, 1992) † (original combination)
Species Limacina voluta Hodgkinson, 1992 † accepted as Limacina conica (Koenen, 1892) † (probable synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Bosc L.A.G. (1817). Limacine. <i>Limacina</i>. <em>Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle.</em> 18: 42-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18052588 [details]
Nomenclature The genera Limacina Bosc, 1817 and Spiratella de Blainville, 1817 were both introduced in December 1817 and are based on...
Nomenclature The genera Limacina Bosc, 1817 and Spiratella de Blainville, 1817 were both introduced in December 1817 and are based on the same type species. Over time the name Limacina was predominantly used by biologists, whereas paleontologists usually applied the name Spiratella. Precedence over Spiratella established by First Reviser action by Gray (1847, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 15: 203). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Limacina Bosc, 1817. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138122 on 2021-01-16
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original description
Bosc L.A.G. (1817). Limacine. <i>Limacina</i>. <em>Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle.</em> 18: 42-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18052588 [details]
original description (of Spiratella Blainville, 1817) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1817). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.). <em>Levrault, Strasbourg et Paris, & Le Normant, Paris.</em> vol 9, pp. 1-560., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23024020
page(s): 407 [details]
original description (of Heterofusus J. Fleming, 1823) Fleming J. (1823). On a reversed species of <i>Fusus</i> (<i>Fusus retroversus</i>). <i>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh) 4 (2)</i>: 488-500 pl. 11 [details]
original description (of Lornia Marwick, 1926) Marwick, J. (1926). Molluscan fauna of the Waiarekan Stage of the Oamaru Series. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 56: 307-316.
page(s): 316 [details]
original description (of Agadina Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 486. [details]
taxonomy source van der Spoel S. (1967) <i>Euthecosomata, a group with remarkable developmental stages (Gastropoda, Pteropoda)</i>. Gorinchem: Noorduijn en Zoon. 378 pp. [20 November 1967] [details]
additional source 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. <i>Cainozoic Research</i> 2(1-2): 163-170. [details]
additional source Janssen, A. W. & Zorn, I. (2001). Notes on the systematics, morphology and biostratigraphy of fossil holoplanktonic Mollusca, 11. Limacina Bosc, 1817: precedence over Spiratella Blainville, 1817 (Mollusca, Gastropoda: Euthecosomata). <em>Basteria 65: 147-149.</em> [details]
original description (of Spiratella Blainville, 1817) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1817). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.). <em>Levrault, Strasbourg et Paris, & Le Normant, Paris.</em> vol 9, pp. 1-560., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23024020
page(s): 407 [details]
original description (of Heterofusus J. Fleming, 1823) Fleming J. (1823). On a reversed species of <i>Fusus</i> (<i>Fusus retroversus</i>). <i>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh) 4 (2)</i>: 488-500 pl. 11 [details]
original description (of Lornia Marwick, 1926) Marwick, J. (1926). Molluscan fauna of the Waiarekan Stage of the Oamaru Series. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 56: 307-316.
page(s): 316 [details]
original description (of Agadina Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 486. [details]
taxonomy source van der Spoel S. (1967) <i>Euthecosomata, a group with remarkable developmental stages (Gastropoda, Pteropoda)</i>. Gorinchem: Noorduijn en Zoon. 378 pp. [20 November 1967] [details]
additional source 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. <i>Cainozoic Research</i> 2(1-2): 163-170. [details]
additional source Janssen, A. W. & Zorn, I. (2001). Notes on the systematics, morphology and biostratigraphy of fossil holoplanktonic Mollusca, 11. Limacina Bosc, 1817: precedence over Spiratella Blainville, 1817 (Mollusca, Gastropoda: Euthecosomata). <em>Basteria 65: 147-149.</em> [details]
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Nomenclature The genera Limacina Bosc, 1817 and Spiratella de Blainville, 1817 were both introduced in December 1817 and are based on the same type species. Over time the name Limacina was predominantly used by biologists, whereas paleontologists usually applied the name Spiratella. Precedence over Spiratella established by First Reviser action by Gray (1847, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 15: 203). [details]From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
