Limacinidae

The Limacinidae are a family of small sea snails, pteropods, pelagic marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Thecosomata (sea butterflies).<ref name="Bouchet 2005"/><ref name="WoRMS">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</ref>

Genera

Genera within the family Limacinidae include:

• Altaspiratella Korobkov, 1966<ref name="Janssen 2003"/> - synonym: Plotophysops Curry, 1982<ref name="Cahuzac 2010">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 Template:Webarchive</ref>
  • † A. elongatoidea (Aldrich, 1887) - type species of the genus Altaspiratella<ref name="Janssen 2003"/>
  • † A. bearnensis (Curry, 1982)<ref name="Cahuzac 2010"/>
  • † A. multispira (Curry, 1982)<ref name="Cahuzac 2010"/>
• Currylimacina Janssen, 2003<ref name="Janssen 2003">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 Template:Webarchive.</ref><ref name="Cahuzac 2010"/>
  • C. cossmanni (Curry, 1981) - type species of the genus<ref name="Janssen 2003"/>
• Heliconoides d'Orbigny, 1835<ref name="Janssen 2003"/><ref name="Cahuzac 2010"/> - Heliconoides may be split into various separate genera.<ref name="Cahuzac 2010"/>
  • † H. auriformis (Curry, 1982)<ref name="Cahuzac 2010"/>
  • † H. daguini Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010<ref name="Cahuzac 2010"/>
  • † H. hospes (Rolle, 1861)<ref name="Cahuzac 2010"/>
  • (recent) H. inflatus (d'Orbigny, 1836)<ref name="Cahuzac 2010"/> - type species of the genus<ref name="Cahuzac 2010"/> = Limacina inflata (d'Orbigny, 1836)
  • † H. linneensis Janssen, 2008<ref name="Cahuzac 2010"/>
  • † H. mercinensis (Watelet & Lefèvre, 1885)<ref>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 Template:Webarchive</ref>
  • † H. merlei Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010<ref name="Cahuzac 2010"/>
  • † H. mermuysi Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010<ref name="Cahuzac 2010"/>
  • † H. nemoris (Curry, 1965)<ref name="Cahuzac 2010"/>
  • † H. paula (Curry, 1982)<ref name="Cahuzac 2010"/>
  • † H. pyrenaica Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010<ref name="Cahuzac 2010"/>
  • † H. sondaari Janssen, 2007<ref name="Janssen 2007">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 Template:Webarchive</ref>
  • † H. tertiaria (Tate, 1887)<ref name="Cahuzac 2010"/>
• Limacina Bosc, 1817<ref name="Janssen 2003"/> - type genus of the family Limacinidae<ref name="Bouchet 2005">Template:Bouchet 2005</ref>
• Striolimacina Janssen, 1999<ref name="Janssen 2003"/><ref name="Janssen 2007"/>
  • † S. andaensis Janssen, 2007<ref name="Janssen 2007"/>
  • † S. imitans (Gabb, 1873) - type species of the genus Striolimacina<ref name="Janssen 2007"/>
• Skaptotion Curry, 1965
• Thielea
  • (recent) T. procera Strebel, 1908 = helicoides (Jeffreys, 1877) - Thielea procera is the type species of the genus.<ref name="Janssen 2003"/>
• new genus?<ref name="Janssen 2003"/>
  • 'Limacina' adornata Hodgkinson, 1992<ref name="Janssen 2003"/>

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

Further reading

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Template:ISBN