Family LIMACINIDAE Gray, 1840

Introduction

This family comprises only the family Limacina and is found commonly in offshore plankton. Limacinids have only a thin, transparent shell which is usually less than 2.5 mm long. Compiled from Beesley et. al. (1998).

General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [981]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Oct-2018	HETEROBRANCHIA	27-Jul-2018	MODIFIED	Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri
14-Nov-2011	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	14-Nov-2011	MOVED	Dr Robin Wilson
14-Nov-2011		14-Nov-2011	MOVED
		24-Mar-2011	(import)

Genus Limacina Bosc, 1817

Limacina Bosc, L.A.G. 1817. Nouveau dictionaire d'histoire naturelle. Paris : Deterville 586 pp. [42].
Type species:
Clio helicina Phipps, 1774 by original designation.
Spiratella Blainville, M.H. de 1817. Supplement 5. In, Cuvier, F. (ed.). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature... Paris : Levrault & Le Normant Vol. 5. [407].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Nov-2011	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	14-Nov-2011	MOVED	Dr Robin Wilson
14-Nov-2011		14-Nov-2011	MOVED
		24-Mar-2011	(import)

Species Limacina bulimoides (d'Orbigny, 1836)

Atlanta bulimoides d'Orbigny, A.D. 1836. Voyage dans l'Amerique Meridionale (le Bresil, la republique orientale de l'Uruguay, la Republique argentine, la Patagonie, la republique du Chili, la republique de Bolivia, la republique de Perou) execute pendant les annees 1826 - 1833: Mollusques. Paris : Pitois-Levrault Vol. 5(3) i-xliii, 1-758; 85 pls. [179].
Type data:
Status unknown, Atlantic Ocean.

Generic Combinations

Limacina bulimoides (d'Orbigny, 1836).

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Victoria.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Nov-2011	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	14-Nov-2011	MOVED	Dr Robin Wilson
14-Nov-2011		14-Nov-2011	MOVED
11-Jan-2016		10-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
		01-May-2014	MODIFIED

Species Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774)

Clio helicina Phipps, C.J. 1774. A voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by his Majesty's Command 1773. London : W Bowyer & J Nichols 275 pp. [195].
Type data:
Status unknown, Northern Atlantic Ocean.

Generic Combinations

Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Van der Spoel (1967) maps this species to include the southern half of Tasmania.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Nov-2011	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	14-Nov-2011	MOVED	Dr Robin Wilson
14-Nov-2011		14-Nov-2011	MOVED
11-Jan-2016		10-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
		01-May-2014	MODIFIED

Species Limacina helicoides Jeffreys, 1877

Limacina helicoides Jeffreys, J.G. 1877. New and peculiar Mollusca of the Eulimidae and other families of Gastropoda, as well as of the Pteropoda, procurred in the 'Valorous' expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 19: 317–339 [338].
Type data:
Status unknown, North Atlantic Ocean.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Van der Spoel (1967) plots a distributional centre off the central coast of NSW.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Nov-2011	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	14-Nov-2011	MOVED	Dr Robin Wilson
14-Nov-2011		14-Nov-2011	MOVED
		01-May-2014	MODIFIED

Species Limacina inflata (d'Orbigny, 1836)

Atlanta inflata d'Orbigny, A.D. 1836. Voyage dans l'Amerique Meridionale (le Bresil, la republique orientale de l'Uruguay, la Republique argentine, la Patagonie, la republique du Chili, la republique de Bolivia, la republique de Perou) execute pendant les annees 1826 - 1833: Mollusques. Paris : Pitois-Levrault Vol. 5(3) i-xliii, 1-758; 85 pls. [174].
Type data:
Status unknown, Mid-Atlantic Ocean.

Generic Combinations

Limacina inflata (d'Orbigny, 1836).

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Victoria.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Nov-2011	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	14-Nov-2011	MOVED	Dr Robin Wilson
14-Nov-2011		14-Nov-2011	MOVED
11-Jan-2016		10-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
		01-May-2014	MODIFIED

Species Limacina leseurii (d'Orbigny, 1836)

Atlanta lesueurii d'Orbigny, A.D. 1836. Voyage dans l'Amerique Meridionale (le Bresil, la republique orientale de l'Uruguay, la Republique argentine, la Patagonie, la republique du Chili, la republique de Bolivia, la republique de Perou) execute pendant les annees 1826 - 1833: Mollusques. Paris : Pitois-Levrault Vol. 5(3) i-xliii, 1-758; 85 pls. [177].
Type data:
Status unknown, Atlantic Ocean.

Generic Combinations

Limacina leseuri (d'Orbigny, 1836).

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Victoria.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Dec-2018	HETEROBRANCHIA	28-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
14-Nov-2011	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	14-Nov-2011	MOVED	Dr Robin Wilson
14-Nov-2011		14-Nov-2011	MOVED
11-Jan-2016		10-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
		01-May-2014	MODIFIED

Species Limacina retroversa (Fleming, 1823)

Fusus retroversa Fleming, J. 1823. On a reversed species of Fusus (Fusus retroversus). Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh 4(2): 498–500 [498, pl. 15, fig. 2].
Type data:
Status unknown, Atlantic Ocean.

Generic Combinations

Limacina retroversa (Fleming, 1823).

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Victoria.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Nov-2011	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	14-Nov-2011	MOVED	Dr Robin Wilson
14-Nov-2011		14-Nov-2011	MOVED
11-Jan-2016		10-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
		01-May-2014	MODIFIED

Species Limacina trochiformis (d'Orbigny, 1836)

Atlanta trochiformis d'Orbigny, A.D. 1836. Voyage dans l'Amerique Meridionale (le Bresil, la republique orientale de l'Uruguay, la Republique argentine, la Patagonie, la republique du Chili, la republique de Bolivia, la republique de Perou) execute pendant les annees 1826 - 1833: Mollusques. Paris : Pitois-Levrault Vol. 5(3) i-xliii, 1-758; 85 pls. [177].
Type data:
Status unknown, Atlantic Ocean.

Generic Combinations

Limacina trochiformis (d'Orbigny, 1836).

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Victoria.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Nov-2011	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	14-Nov-2011	MOVED	Dr Robin Wilson
14-Nov-2011		14-Nov-2011	MOVED
11-Jan-2016		10-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
		01-May-2014	MODIFIED

Family LIMACINIDAE Gray, 1840

Introduction

General References

History of changes

Genus Limacina Bosc, 1817

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Species Limacina bulimoides (d'Orbigny, 1836)

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Species Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774)

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Species Limacina helicoides Jeffreys, 1877

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Species Limacina inflata (d'Orbigny, 1836)

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Species Limacina leseurii (d'Orbigny, 1836)

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Species Limacina retroversa (Fleming, 1823)

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History of changes

Species Limacina trochiformis (d'Orbigny, 1836)

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