Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Sacoglossa > Superfamily Plakobranchoidea > Family Limapontiidae

Limapontia G. Johnston, 1836

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Actaeonia [sic] synonym
Acteonia Quatrefages, 1844 synonym
Cenia Alder & Hancock, 1848 synonym
Chalidis Quatrefages, 1844 synonym
Pontolimax Müller, 1848 synonym

Children

Limapontia capitata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Limapontia depressa Alder & Hancock, 1862
Limapontia senestra (Quatrefages, 1844)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: schorreslakken

Literature

original description

Johnston, G. (1836). Illustrations in British Zoology. Magazine of Natural History 9:79-83, figs. 14-16. (ii-1836)

basis of record

Jensen, K.R. (2007). Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 55: 255–281.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limapontia G. Johnston, 1836. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138123

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2024-12-08 by Bruce Marshall

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