Limacina antarctica
| Limacina antarctica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
| Order: | Pteropoda |
| Family: | Limacinidae |
| Genus: | Limacina |
| Species: | L. antarctica
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| Binomial name | |
| Limacina antarctica S. P. Woodward, 1854
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| Synonyms | |
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Limacina antarctica is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Limacinidae.[1]
The forma Limacina antarctica f. rangii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) is a synonym of Limacina rangii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
The species has a cosmopolitan distribution.
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Limacina antarctica S. P. Woodward, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=509607 on 2026-01-08
- Woodward, S.P. (1851-1856). A manual of the mollusca or rudimentary treatise of recent and fossil shells. London: John Weale. 486 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14707119 page(s): 207, pl. 14, fig. 41
External links
- Report on the Pteropoda collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part II. - The Thecosomata In: Challenger expedition. Report on the Scientific Results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. V. Zoology. Vol. 23, part: 65 : 1-132, pls 1, 2.
- Vidal-Miralles, Jose; Kohnert, Peter; Monte, Marina; Salvador, Xavier; Schrödl, Michael; Moles, Juan (2024). "Between sea angels and butterflies: A global phylogeny of pelagic pteropod molluscs". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 201 108183. Bibcode:2024MolPE.20108183V. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108183. hdl:10261/374114. PMID 39237014.
- Hunt, Brian; Strugnell, Jan; Bednarsek, Nina; Linse, Katrin; Nelson, R. John; Pakhomov, Evgeny; Seibel, Brad; Steinke, Dirk; Würzberg, Laura (2010). "Poles Apart: The "Bipolar" Pteropod Species Limacina helicina is Genetically Distinct Between the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans". PLOS ONE. 5 (3) e9835. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...5.9835H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009835. PMID 20360985.