Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Tectipleura | |
Order | Pteropoda | |
Suborder | Euthecosomata | |
Superfamily | Limacinoidea | |
Family | Limacinidae | |
Genus | Limacina | |
Species | Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774) | |
| Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 140223). | ||
- Argonauta arctica Fabricius O., 1780
- Clio helicina Phipps, 1774 (original)
- Limacina helicialis Lamarck, 1819
- Spiratella helicina (Phipps, 1774)
- Spiratella limacina de Blainville, 1824
- Spiratella planospira Rehder, 1942
Description
Biology
Etymology
- Limacina, diminutive of Latin “limacia”, from Latin “limax”, slimy, viscous.
- Helicina, diminutive of Latin “helica”, from Greek “helyx”, helical, spiral.
Distribution
| Sources: | |
 : OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG |  : OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions |
Abundance
| Western Mediterranean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Eastern Mediterranean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Atlantic Ocean: | ★★★★☆ |
Video
Limacina helicina swimming
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Bibliography
Ballesteros, M., E. Madrenas, and M. Pontes. 2023. OPK - Opistobranquis. (https://opistobranquis.info/).
Cervera, J. L., G. Calado, C. Gavaia, M. A. E. Malaquías, J. Templado, M. Ballesteros, J. C. García-Gómez, and C. Megina. 2004. An annotated and updated checklist of the opisthobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Spain and Portugal (including islands and archipelagos). Boletín Instituto Español de Oceanografía, 20 (1-4): 1-111. L.
García-Gómez, J. C., J. L. Cervera, F. J. García, J. A. Ortea, S. F. García-Martin, A. Medina, and L. P. Burnay. 1991. Resultados de la campaña internacional de biología marina “Algarve 88”: moluscos opistobranquios. Bollettino Malacologico 27 (5-9): 125-138.
Hidalgo, J. C. 1917. Fauna malacológica de España, Portugal y las Baleares. Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Serie Zoología (Madrid) 30: 752 pp.
Kobayashi, H. A. 1974. Growth cycle and related vertical distribution of the thecosomatous pteropod Spiratella ('Limacina’) helicina in the central Arctic Ocean. Mar. Biol., 26: 295301.
Long, S. J. 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000. Bayside Books & Press, Tustin, CA, U.S.A. 672p.
McDonald, G. 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia. 2nd Online Edition, Annotated. 1072 pp Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz. (http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8115h0wz).
McGowan, J. A. 1963. Geographical variation in Limacina helicina in the North Pacific. Syst. Ass. Publ., 5 (Speciation in the sea): 109128, 14 figs.
Paranjape, M. A. 1968. The egg mass and veligers of Limacina helicina Phipps. Veliger 10: 322326.
Phipps, C. J. 1774. A voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty’s Command 1773 : i-viii, 1-253.
Shkoldina, L. S. 1999. Contribution to the taxonomy of the pteropod Limacina helicina from the Sea of Okhotsk. Biologiya Morya 25 (4) : 299-305.
Shkoldina, L. S. 1999. Vertical distribution of the pteropod Limacina helicina in the Sea of Okhotsk during the summer. Biologya Morya, Vladivostok 25(5):344-354.
WoRMS Editorial Board. 2023. World Register of Marine Species. WoRMS. (http://www.marinespecies.org).
Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2023) "Limacina helicina" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 16/10/2014. Accessed: 25/03/2023. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/0m53E)
