Limacinidae Explained

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

Genera

Genera within the family Limacinidae include:

• Altaspiratella Korobkov, 1966 - synonym: Plotophysops Curry, 1982^[2]
  • † A. elongatoidea (Aldrich, 1887) - type species of the genus Altaspiratella
  • † A. bearnensis (Curry, 1982)^[2]
  • † A. multispira (Curry, 1982)^[2]
• Currylimacina Janssen, 2003^{[3] [2]}
  • C. cossmanni (Curry, 1981) - type species of the genus^[3]
• Heliconoides d'Orbigny, 1835^{[3] [2]} - Heliconoides may be split into various separate genera.^[2]
  • † H. auriformis (Curry, 1982)^[2]
  • † H. daguini Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010^[2]
  • † H. hospes (Rolle, 1861)^[2]
  • (recent) H. inflatus (d'Orbigny, 1836)^[2] - type species of the genus^[2] = Limacina inflata (d'Orbigny, 1836)
  • † H. linneensis Janssen, 2008^[2]
  • † H. mercinensis (Watelet & Lefèvre, 1885)^[4]
  • † H. merlei Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010^[2]
  • † H. mermuysi Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010^[2]
  • † H. nemoris (Curry, 1965)^[2]
  • † H. paula (Curry, 1982)^[2]
  • † H. pyrenaica Cahuzac & Janssen, 2010^[2]
  • † H. sondaari Janssen, 2007^[5]
  • † H. tertiaria (Tate, 1887)^[2]
• Limacina Bosc, 1817^[3] - type genus of the family Limacinidae
• Striolimacina Janssen, 1999^{[3] [5]}
  • † S. andaensis Janssen, 2007^[5]
  • † S. imitans (Gabb, 1873) - type species of the genus Striolimacina^[5]
• 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

Further reading

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

Notes and References

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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 .
4. 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
5. 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