Limacia

Limacia
Limacia clavigera grazing on the bryozoan Membranipora membranacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Subfamily: Triophinae
Genus: Limacia
Muller, 1781
Synonyms
  • Euphurus Rafinesque, 1815
  • Laila MacFarland, 1905

Limacia is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Limacia include:[2]

Interim unpublished in 2017
  • Limacia antofagastensis Uribe, Sepúlveda, Goddard & Valdés, 2017
  • Limacia mcdonaldi Uribe, Sepúlveda, Goddard & Valdés, 2017

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Limacia O. F. Müller, 1781. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-22
  3. Caballer Gutiérrez, M., Almón Pazos, B., Pérez Dieste, J., (2015) The sea slug genus Limacia Müller, 1781 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) in Europe. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 57:35-42.
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