Limacina helicina

Limacina helicina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Limacinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Heterobranchia Infraclassis: Euthyneura Cohors: Tectipleura Subcohors: Euopisthobranchia Ordo: Pteropoda Subordo: Euthecosomata Superfamilia: Limacinoidea

Familia: Limacinidae
Genus: Limacina
Species: Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774)

Synonyms

• Clio helicina (Phipps, 1774)
• Argonauta arctica (O. Fabricius, 1780)
• Limacina helicialis (Lamarck, 1819)
• Spiratella limacina (de Blainville, 1824)
• Limacina helicina var. typica (Meisenheimer, 1906)

References

• Hunt, B. et al. 2010: Poles Apart: The "Bipolar" Pteropod Species Limacina helicina Is Genetically Distinct Between the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans. PLoS ONE, 5(3): e9835. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009835