Limacinidae

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Euopisthobranchia
Ordo: Pteropoda
Subordo: Euthecosomata
Superfamilia: Limacinoidea

Familia: Limacinidae
Genera (3 + 5†): Heliconoides – Limacina – Thielea – †Altaspiratella – †Chaduma – †Chadumella – †Currylimacina – †Striolimacina
Name

Limacinidae Gray, 1840
Synonyms

Spiratellidae Dall, 1921
Spirialidae Chenu, 1859

References
Links

Limacinidae in the World Register of Marine Species

The Limacinidae are a family of small sea snails, pteropods, pelagic marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Thecosomata (sea butterflies).[2][1]
Genera

Genera within the family Limacinidae include:

Altaspiratella Korobkov, 1966[3] - synonym: Plotophysops Curry, 1982[4]
† A. elongatoidea (Aldrich, 1887) - type species of the genus Altaspiratella[3]
† A. bearnensis (Curry, 1982)[4]
† A. multispira (Curry, 1982)[4]
Currylimacina Janssen, 2003[3][4]
C. cossmanni (Curry, 1981) - type species of the genus[3]
Heliconoides d’Orbigny, 1835[3][4] - Heliconoides may be split into various separate genera.[4]
† H. auriformis (Curry, 1982)[4]
† H. daguini Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010[4]
† H. hospes (Rolle, 1861)[4]
(recent) H. inflatus (d’Orbigny, 1836)[4] - type species of the genus[4] = Limacina inflata (d'Orbigny, 1836)
† H. linneensis Janssen, 2008[4]
† H. mercinensis (Watelet & Lefèvre, 1885)[5]
† H. merlei Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010[4]
† H. mermuysi Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010[4]
† H. nemoris (Curry, 1965)[4]
† H. paula (Curry, 1982)[4]
† H. pyrenaica Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010[4]
† H. sondaari Janssen, 2007[6]
† H. tertiaria (Tate, 1887)[4]
Limacina Bosc, 1817[3] - type genus of the family Limacinidae[2]
Striolimacina Janssen, 1999[3][6]
† S. andaensis Janssen, 2007[6]
† S. imitans (Gabb, 1873) - type species of the genus Striolimacina[6]
Skaptotion Curry, 1965
Thielea
(recent) T. procera Strebel, 1908 = helicoides (Jeffreys, 1877) - Thielea procera is the type species of the genus.[3]
new genus?[3]
'Limacina' adornata Hodgkinson, 1992[3]

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

References

Bouchet, P. (2012). Limacinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=13704 on 2012-07-18
Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
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". Cainozoic Research 2(1-2): 163-170. PDF Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine.
Cahuzac B. & Janssen A. W. (2010). "Eocene to Miocene holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) of the Aquitaine Basin, southwest France". Scripta Geologica 141: http://www.scriptageologica.nl/10/nr141/a01 Archived 2012-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
Janssen A. W. (2010). "Pteropods (Mollusca, Euthecosomata) from the Early Eocene of Rotterdam (The Netherlands)". Scripta Geologica 07 http://www.scriptageologica.nl/10/nr007/a09 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

Janssen A. W. (2007). "Holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda: Pterotracheoidea, Janthinoidea, Thecosomata and Gymnosomata) from the Pliocene of Pangasinan (Luzon, Philippines)". Scripta Geologica 137 http://www.scriptageologica.nl/07/nr135/a02 Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine