The Limacinidae are a family of small sea snails, pteropods, pelagic marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Thecosomata (sea butterflies).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
Genera Genera within the family Limacinidae include: Altaspiratella Korobkov, 1966 - synonym: Plotophysops Curry, 1982Cahuzac 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 † A. elongatoidea (Aldrich, 1887) - type species of the genus Altaspiratella † A. bearnensis (Curry, 1982) † A. multispira (Curry, 1982) Currylimacina Janssen, 2003Janssen 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 . 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)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 † 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, 2007Janssen 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 † 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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Further reading
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979