WoRMS taxon details
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)
Agadina A. Gould, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chadumella Korobkov, 1966 † · unaccepted
Crino Gistel, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Unnecssary substitute name for Limacina)
Heterofusus J. Fleming, 1823 · unaccepted
Limacina (Limacina) Bosc, 1817 · unaccepted
Lornia Marwick, 1926 · unaccepted
Munthea van der Spoel, 1967 · unaccepted (unavailable name: no type species...)
unavailable name: no type species designated
Scaea R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted
Spiralis [sic] · unaccepted
Spiratella Blainville, 1817 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Spiratella (Heterofusus) J. Fleming, 1823 · unaccepted
Spiratella (Pygmella) Tembrock, 1989 · unaccepted
Spirialis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840 · unaccepted
Valvatina Bornemann, 1855 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Limacina antarctica S. P. Woodward, 1854
- Species Limacina bulimoides (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
- Species Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774)
- Species Limacina lesueurii (A. d'Orbigny, 1836)
- Species Limacina rangii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
- Species Limacina retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823)
- Species Limacina trochiformis (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
- Subgenus Limacina (Limacina) Bosc, 1817 accepted as Limacina Bosc, 1817
- Species Limacina balea Møller, 1841 accepted as Limacina retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823) (synonym)
- Species Limacina contorta Sykes, 1905 accepted as Limacina trochiformis (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
- Species Limacina crossei Pelseneer, 1888 accepted as Limacina lesueurii (A. d'Orbigny, 1836) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Limacina helicialis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774) (synonym)
- Species Limacina helicoides Jeffreys, 1877 accepted as Thielea helicoides (Jeffreys, 1877) (superseded combination)
- Species Limacina inflata (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) accepted as Heliconoides inflatus (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Limacina naticoides Souleyet, 1852 accepted as Limacina trochiformis (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (synonym)
- Species Limacina pacifica Dall, 1871 accepted as Limacina helicina pacifica Dall, 1871 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Limacina scaphoidea A. Gould, 1852 accepted as Heliconoides inflatus (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Limacina cochlostyloides Tesch, 1907 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Limacina costulata Preston, 1916 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Limacina cucullata A. Gould, 1852 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see status note)
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. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limacina Bosc, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138122 on 2025-07-11
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Nomenclature
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 Spirialis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840) Eydoux J.F.T. & Souleyet L.F.A. (1840). Description sommaire de plusieurs Ptéropodes nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus, destinés à être publiés dans le voyage de la "Bonite". <em>Revue Zoologique de la Société Cuvierienne, Paris.</em> (1840): 235-239., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13714239 [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 Scaea R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062 [details]
original description (of Munthea van der Spoel, 1967) 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].
page(s): 37 [details]
original description (of Heterofusus J. Fleming, 1823) Fleming, J. (1823). On a reversed species of <i>Fusus</i> (<i>Fusus retroversus</i>). <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh).</em> 4(3): 498-500, pl. 15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46990069
page(s): 500; note: name proposed conditionnally [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 Valvatina Bornemann, 1855 †) Bornemann, J. G. (1855). Die mikroskopische Fauna des Septarienthones von Hermsdorf bei Berlin. <em>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 7: 307-371., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34850378
page(s): 318 [details]
original description (of Spiratella (Pygmella) Tembrock, 1989) Tembrock, M. L. (1989). Neue Spiratella-Arten (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchier, Pteropoda). <em>Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Geologie.</em> 35 (8): 242-244. [details]
original description (of Chadumella Korobkov, 1966 †) Korobkov I.A. (1966). Krylonogie (Mollusca Pteropoda) Paleogenovykh otlozhenij juga S.S.S.R. In: <i>Voprosy Paleontologii</i>, 5: 71–92. [details]
original description (of Crino Gistel, 1848) Gistel, Johannes [Nepomuk Franz Xaver]. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Tierreichs: für höhere Schulen. 1-216, i-xvi, pls. 1-32. Stuttgart. Scheitlin & Krais., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175526
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Agadina A. 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]
original description (of Spirialis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840) Eydoux J.F.T. & Souleyet L.F.A. (1840). Description sommaire de plusieurs Ptéropodes nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus, destinés à être publiés dans le voyage de la "Bonite". <em>Revue Zoologique de la Société Cuvierienne, Paris.</em> (1840): 235-239., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13714239 [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 Scaea R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062 [details]
original description (of Munthea van der Spoel, 1967) 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].
page(s): 37 [details]
original description (of Heterofusus J. Fleming, 1823) Fleming, J. (1823). On a reversed species of <i>Fusus</i> (<i>Fusus retroversus</i>). <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh).</em> 4(3): 498-500, pl. 15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46990069
page(s): 500; note: name proposed conditionnally [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 Valvatina Bornemann, 1855 †) Bornemann, J. G. (1855). Die mikroskopische Fauna des Septarienthones von Hermsdorf bei Berlin. <em>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 7: 307-371., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34850378
page(s): 318 [details]
original description (of Spiratella (Pygmella) Tembrock, 1989) Tembrock, M. L. (1989). Neue Spiratella-Arten (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchier, Pteropoda). <em>Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Geologie.</em> 35 (8): 242-244. [details]
original description (of Chadumella Korobkov, 1966 †) Korobkov I.A. (1966). Krylonogie (Mollusca Pteropoda) Paleogenovykh otlozhenij juga S.S.S.R. In: <i>Voprosy Paleontologii</i>, 5: 71–92. [details]
original description (of Crino Gistel, 1848) Gistel, Johannes [Nepomuk Franz Xaver]. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Tierreichs: für höhere Schulen. 1-216, i-xvi, pls. 1-32. Stuttgart. Scheitlin & Krais., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175526
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Agadina A. 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
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]
Other
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. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 2 (1-2): 163-170., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/541695 [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.</em> 65 (4/6): 147-149., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/597224 [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.</em> 65 (4/6): 147-149., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/597224 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
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]Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | ミジンウキマイマイ属 | [details] |
