Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Thecosomata > Suborder Euthecosomata > Superfamily Limacinoidea > Family Limacinidae > Genus Limacina

Limacina trochiformis (d'Orbigny, 1834)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Limacina*	Bosc, 1817	accepted genus name
*Heterofusus*	Fleming, 1823	synonym
*Scaea*	Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Spiratella*	Blainville, 1817	synonym
*Spirialis*	Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840	synonym

Species group names

*Atlanta trochiformis*	d'Orbigny, 1834	basionym
*Atlanta trochiformis*	d'Orbigny, 1834	synonym
*Limacina contorta*	Sykes, 1905	synonym
*Limacina naticoides*	Souleyet, 1852	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: trochiform pteropod

Literature

basis of record	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
additional source	Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161-254.
additional source	van der Spoel S. (1967) Euthecosomata, a group with remarkable developmental stages (Gastropoda, Pteropoda). Gorinchem: Noorduijn en Zoon. 378 pp. [20 November 1967]
additional source	Abbott R. T. (1974) American seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]
additional source	Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Limacina trochiformis (d'Orbigny, 1834). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140228