''Limacina retroversa'' is a species of swimming predatory sea snail in the family Limacinidae, that belongs to the group commonly known as Sea butterfly, sea butterflies (Thecosomata). There is one subspecies, ''Limacina retroversa australis'' (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840).

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution: * North Atlantic Ocean * Northwest Atlantic Ocean * European waters * Mediterranean Sea * Caribbean Sea * Cape Verde * Argentine Sea

Ecology

The pteropods ''Clione limacina'' feed almost entirely on ''Limacina helicina'' and ''Limacina retroversa''.Kallevik, I.H.F. (2013).
Alternative prey choice in the pteropod Clione limacina (Gastropoda) studied by DNA-based methods.
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References

* Abbott, R.T. (1974). ''American Seashell''s. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp. * Rosenberg, G. 1992. ''Encyclopedia of Seashells''. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. * Bleakney, J.S. 1996. ''Sea slugs of Atlantic Canada and the Gulf of Maine''. The Nova Scotia Museum Field Guide Series. Nimbus Publishing. Halifax. 216 p. * Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. ''Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada''. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 * Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.'' Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213 * Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago''. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. * Janssen A.W. (2012) ''Late Quaternary to Recent holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from bottom samples of the eastern Mediterranean Sea: systematics, morphology''. Bollettino Malacologico 48 (suppl. 9): 1-105.

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