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Limacinidae

The Limacinidae are a family of small sea snails, pteropods, pelagic marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Thecosomata (sea butterflies).

Genera

Genera within the family Limacinidae include:

  • Altaspiratella Korobkov, 1966 - synonym: Plotophysops Curry, 1982
  • † A. elongatoidea (Aldrich, 1887) - type species of the genus Altaspiratella
  • † A. bearnensis (Curry, 1982)
  • † A. multispira (Curry, 1982)
  • Currylimacina Janssen, 2003
  • C. cossmanni (Curry, 1981) - type species of the genus
  • Heliconoides d'Orbigny, 1835 - Heliconoides may be split into various separate genera.
  • † H. auriformis (Curry, 1982)
  • † H. daguini Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010
  • † H. hospes (Rolle, 1861)
  • (recent) H. inflatus (d'Orbigny, 1836) - type species of the genus = Limacina inflata (d'Orbigny, 1836)
  • † H. linneensis Janssen, 2008
  • † H. mercinensis (Watelet & Lefèvre, 1885)
  • † H. merlei Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010
  • † H. mermuysi Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010
  • † H. nemoris (Curry, 1965)
  • † H. paula (Curry, 1982)
  • † H. pyrenaica Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010
  • † H. sondaari Janssen, 2007
  • † H. tertiaria (Tate, 1887)
  • Limacina Bosc, 1817 - type genus of the family Limacinidae
  • Striolimacina Janssen, 1999
  • † S. andaensis Janssen, 2007
  • † S. imitans (Gabb, 1873) - type species of the genus Striolimacina
  • Skaptotion Curry, 1965
  • Thielea
  • (recent) T. procera Strebel, 1908 = helicoides (Jeffreys, 1877) - Thielea procera is the type species of the genus.
  • new genus?
  • 'Limacina' adornata Hodgkinson, 1992
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

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