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WoRMS taxon details
Limacina helicina Phipps, 1774
AphiaID: 140223
AphiaID: 140223
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Thecosomata (Order) > Euthecosomata (Suborder) > Limacinoidea (Superfamily) > Limacinidae (Family) > Limacina (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Limacina Bosc, 1817 | |||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. [details] additional source: Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details] additional source: Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa | Subspecies Limacina helicina ochotensis Shkoldina, 1999 | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | Cape Verde [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] North West Atlantic [details] | |||||||
| Links | To CLEMAM To GenBank To Marine Species Identification Portal To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) To ITIS | |||||||
| Notes |
authority: (Phipps, 1774) [details] Distribution: Greenland, South and North slope of Anticosti Island, Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait), northern Gaspe waters, Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle including the Mingan Islands), southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), lower north Shore, Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone) to the northeast of Anticosti Island (=Jacques Cartier Strait), Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Esquiman Channel), lower Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone as far as Cabot Strait: Cape North, N.S., St. Paul Island to Cape Ray, NL.); western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland [details] Habitat: upper epipelagic and glacial [details] | |||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2009). Limacina helicina Phipps, 1774. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140223 on 2010-07-30 | ||||||||
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