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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMACINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Pteropoda (Order)
> Euthecosomata (Suborder)
> Limacinoidea (Superfamily)
> Limacinidae (Family)
> Limacina (Genus)
> trochiformis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Limacina (Limacina) Bosc, 1817
=Spiratella Blainville, 1817
Synonymised Names:
=Atlanta trochiformis d'Orbigny, 1835
=Limacina contorta Sykes, 1905
=Limacina naticoides Souleyet, 1852
=Spiratella trochiformis (d'Orbigny, 1835)
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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMACINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Pteropoda (Order)
> Euthecosomata (Suborder)
> Limacinoidea (Superfamily)
> Limacinidae (Family)
> Limacina (Genus)
> trochiformis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Limacina (Limacina) Bosc, 1817
=Spiratella Blainville, 1817
Synonymised Names:
=Atlanta trochiformis d'Orbigny, 1835
=Limacina contorta Sykes, 1905
=Limacina naticoides Souleyet, 1852
=Spiratella trochiformis (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Details: Limacina trochiformis (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Bé, A.W.H., Gilmer, R.W. 1977 A zoogeographic and taxonomic review of Euthecosomatous Pteropoda. In A.T.S. Ramsay (ed.), Oceanic Micropaleontology, Academic Press, London, 1 (p.769)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil