WoRMS taxon details
Limapontia G. Johnston, 1836
138123 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138123)
accepted
Genus
Limapontia nigra G. Johnston, 1835 accepted as Limapontia capitata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (type by monotypy)
Actaeonia [sic] · unaccepted
Acteonia Quatrefages, 1844 · unaccepted
Cenia Alder & Hancock, 1848 · unaccepted
Chalidis Quatrefages, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pontolimax Müller, 1848 · unaccepted (unjustified emendation of...)
unjustified emendation of Limapontia Johnston, 1836
- Species Limapontia capitata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Species Limapontia depressa Alder & Hancock, 1862
- Species Limapontia senestra (Quatrefages, 1844)
- Species Limapontia cornuta Giard, 1873 accepted as Limapontia senestra (Quatrefages, 1844) (synonym)
- Species Limapontia nigra G. Johnston, 1835 accepted as Limapontia capitata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Limapontia zonata (Girard, 1852) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Johnston, G. (1836). Illustrations in British Zoology. Magazine of Natural History 9:79-83, figs. 14-16. (ii-1836), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2293003 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limapontia G. Johnston, 1836. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138123 on 2025-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Johnston, G. (1836). Illustrations in British Zoology. Magazine of Natural History 9:79-83, figs. 14-16. (ii-1836), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2293003 [details]
original description (of Chalidis Quatrefages, 1844) Quatrefages J.L.A. de. (1844). Sur les Gastéropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Gastéropodes, proposé d'après l'examen anatomique et physiologique des genres Zéphyrine (<i>Zephyrina</i> Nob.), Actéon (<i>Acteon</i> Oken), Actéonie (<i>Acteoniæ</i> Nob.), Amphorine (<i>Amphorina</i> Nob.), Pavois (<i>Pelta</i> Nob.), Chalide (<i>Chalidis</i> Nob.). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> ser. 3, 1: 129-183, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13407269 [details]
original description (of Acteonia Quatrefages, 1844) Quatrefages J.L.A. de. (1844). Sur les Gastéropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Gastéropodes, proposé d'après l'examen anatomique et physiologique des genres Zéphyrine (<i>Zephyrina</i> Nob.), Actéon (<i>Acteon</i> Oken), Actéonie (<i>Acteoniæ</i> Nob.), Amphorine (<i>Amphorina</i> Nob.), Pavois (<i>Pelta</i> Nob.), Chalide (<i>Chalidis</i> Nob.). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> ser. 3, 1: 129-183, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13407269
page(s): 142-145 [details]
original description (of Cenia Alder & Hancock, 1848) Alder J. & Hancock A. (1848). On a proposed new order of Gasteropodous Mollusca. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History</i>, (2)1: 401-415, pl. 19-20, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22194303
page(s): 404 [details]
basis of record Jensen, K.R. (2007). Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). <em>Bonner Zoologische Beiträge.</em> 55: 255–281., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Bonner-Zoologische-Beitraege_55_0255-0281.pdf [details]
original description (of Chalidis Quatrefages, 1844) Quatrefages J.L.A. de. (1844). Sur les Gastéropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Gastéropodes, proposé d'après l'examen anatomique et physiologique des genres Zéphyrine (<i>Zephyrina</i> Nob.), Actéon (<i>Acteon</i> Oken), Actéonie (<i>Acteoniæ</i> Nob.), Amphorine (<i>Amphorina</i> Nob.), Pavois (<i>Pelta</i> Nob.), Chalide (<i>Chalidis</i> Nob.). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> ser. 3, 1: 129-183, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13407269 [details]
original description (of Acteonia Quatrefages, 1844) Quatrefages J.L.A. de. (1844). Sur les Gastéropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Gastéropodes, proposé d'après l'examen anatomique et physiologique des genres Zéphyrine (<i>Zephyrina</i> Nob.), Actéon (<i>Acteon</i> Oken), Actéonie (<i>Acteoniæ</i> Nob.), Amphorine (<i>Amphorina</i> Nob.), Pavois (<i>Pelta</i> Nob.), Chalide (<i>Chalidis</i> Nob.). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> ser. 3, 1: 129-183, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13407269
page(s): 142-145 [details]
original description (of Cenia Alder & Hancock, 1848) Alder J. & Hancock A. (1848). On a proposed new order of Gasteropodous Mollusca. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History</i>, (2)1: 401-415, pl. 19-20, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22194303
page(s): 404 [details]
basis of record Jensen, K.R. (2007). Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). <em>Bonner Zoologische Beiträge.</em> 55: 255–281., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Bonner-Zoologische-Beitraege_55_0255-0281.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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