Limacina antarctica

Limacina antarctica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Euopisthobranchia
Order:	Pteropoda
Family:	Limacinidae
Genus:	Limacina
Species:	L. antarctica
Binomial name
Limacina antarctica S. P. Woodward, 1854
Synonyms
Limacina helicina antarcticaS. P. Woodward, 1854 superseded rank Limacina helicina f. antarcticaS. P. Woodward, 1854 superseded rank Limacina rangii f. antarcticaS. P. Woodward, 1854 ·superseded rank

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

1. 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, J.; Kohnert, P.; Monte, M.; Salvador, X.; Schrödl, M.; Moles, J (2024). "Between sea angels and butterflies: A global phylogeny of pelagic pteropod molluscs". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 201.
• Hunt B., Strugnell J., Bednarsek N., Linse K., Nelson R.J., Pakhomov E., Seibel B., Steinke D. & Würzberg L (2010). PLoS One 5(3):e9835.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)