The Limacinidae are a

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of small

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s, pteropods,

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s in the

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Thecosomata Sea butterflies, scientific name Thecosomata (thecosomes, "case / shell-body"), are a taxonomic suborder of small pelagic swimming sea snails. They are holoplanktonic opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. Most Thecosomata have some form of calcified ...

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sea butterflies Sea butterflies, scientific name Thecosomata (thecosomes, "case / shell-body"), are a taxonomic suborder of small pelagic swimming sea snails. They are holoplanktonic opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. Most Thecosomata have some form of calcified ...

).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". ''

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'' 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
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. ** ''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 = ''

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'' (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)". ''

'' 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)". ''

'' 137 http://www.scriptageologica.nl/07/nr135/a02 ** † ''H. tertiaria'' (Tate, 1887) * ''

Limacina ''Limacina'' is a genus of swimming predatory sea snails commonly known as sea butterflies in the family Limacinidae. This genus contains some of the world's most abundant gastropod species.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Limacina. Accessed throu ...

'' 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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