Limacina - Species

Species

Species within the genus Limacina include:

  • (recent) Limacina antarctica Woodward, 1854
  • (recent) Limacina bulimoides (d'Orbigny, 1836) - Bulimoid pteropod. Distribution: Red Sea, Pacific. Length: 1.2 mm.
  • † Limacina erasmiana Janssen, 2010
  • † Limacina gormani (Curry, 1982)
  • † Limacina guersi Janssen, 2010
  • (recent) Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774) - Helicid pteropod. Type species.
  • (recent) Limacina helicoides Jeffreys, 1877 - synonym:(?) Thielea procera Strebel, 1908
  • (recent) Limacina lesueurii (d'Orbigny, 1836) - Distribution: North America, Western Atlantic.
  • † Limacina pygmaea (Lamarck, 1805)
  • (recent) Limacina retroversa (Fleming, 1823) - Retrovert pteropod. Distribution: North America, Western Atlantic, Arctic Ocean.
  • † Limacina taylori (Curry, 1965)
  • (recent) Limacina trochiformis (d'Orbigny, 1836) - Trochiform pteropod. Distribution: North America, Western Atlantic, Red Sea, Pacific. Length: 1 mm.
  • † Limacina valvatina (Reuss, 1867)
  • † Limacina? vegrandis Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010
Species brought into synonymy
  • Limacina contorta Sykes, 1905: synonym of Limacina trochiformis (d'Orbigny, 1834)
  • (recent) Limacina inflata (d'Orbigny, 1836) - Planorbid pteropod. Distribution: circumglobal, Red Sea, Pacific. Length: 1 mm. Description: the shell is flatly twisted, resembling the shell of the cephalopod Nautilus. - synonym: Heliconoides inflata (d’Orbigny, 1836)
  • Limacina pacifica Dall, 1871: synonym of Limacina helicina pacifica Dall, 1871

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