WoRMS taxon details
Limapontia G. Johnston, 1836
138123 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138123)
accepted
Genus
Limapontia nigra G. Johnston, 1835 accepted as Limapontia capitata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (type by monotypy)
Actaeonia [sic] · unaccepted
Acteonia Quatrefages, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cenia Alder & Hancock, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chalidis Quatrefages, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ictis Alder & Hancock, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pontolimax F. Müller, 1848 · unaccepted (unjustified emendation of...)
unjustified emendation of Limapontia Johnston, 1836
- Species Limapontia capitata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Species Limapontia depressa Alder & Hancock, 1862
- Species Limapontia senestra (Quatrefages, 1844)
- Species Limapontia zonata (Girard, 1852) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Limapontia cornuta Giard, 1873 accepted as Limapontia senestra (Quatrefages, 1844) (synonym)
- Species Limapontia nigra G. Johnston, 1835 accepted as Limapontia capitata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Johnston, G. (1836). Illustrations in British Zoology. Magazine of Natural History 9:79-83, figs. 14-16. (ii-1836), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2293003 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Limapontia G. Johnston, 1836. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138123 on 2026-02-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Johnston, G. (1836). Illustrations in British Zoology. Magazine of Natural History 9:79-83, figs. 14-16. (ii-1836), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2293003 [details]
original description (of Chalidis Quatrefages, 1844) Quatrefages J.L.A. de. (1844). Sur les Gastéropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Gastéropodes, proposé d'après l'examen anatomique et physiologique des genres Zéphyrine (<i>Zephyrina</i> Nob.), Actéon (<i>Acteon</i> Oken), Actéonie (<i>Acteoniæ</i> Nob.), Amphorine (<i>Amphorina</i> Nob.), Pavois (<i>Pelta</i> Nob.), Chalide (<i>Chalidis</i> Nob.). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> ser. 3, 1: 129-183, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13407269 [details]
original description (of Acteonia Quatrefages, 1844) Quatrefages J.L.A. de. (1844). Sur les Gastéropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Gastéropodes, proposé d'après l'examen anatomique et physiologique des genres Zéphyrine (<i>Zephyrina</i> Nob.), Actéon (<i>Acteon</i> Oken), Actéonie (<i>Acteoniæ</i> Nob.), Amphorine (<i>Amphorina</i> Nob.), Pavois (<i>Pelta</i> Nob.), Chalide (<i>Chalidis</i> Nob.). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> ser. 3, 1: 129-183, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13407269
page(s): 142-145 [details]
original description (of Cenia Alder & Hancock, 1848) Alder J. & Hancock A. (1848). On a proposed new order of Gasteropodous Mollusca. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History</i>, (2)1: 401-415, pl. 19-20, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22194303
page(s): 404 [details]
original description (of Pontolimax F. Müller, 1848) Müller F. 1848. Zur Kenntniss des Furchungsprocesses im Schneckeneie. <i>Archiv für Naturgeschichte</i>, 14(1): 1-6, pl. 1., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6923105
page(s): 1 [details]
original description (of Ictis Alder & Hancock, 1847) Alder J & Hancock A. (1847). Notes on British mollusca, with descriptions of new species. <em>The Atheneum.</em> 748.
page(s): 748 [details]
basis of record Jensen, K.R. (2007). Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). <em>Bonner Zoologische Beiträge.</em> 55: 255–281., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Bonner-Zoologische-Beitraege_55_0255-0281.pdf [details]
original description (of Chalidis Quatrefages, 1844) Quatrefages J.L.A. de. (1844). Sur les Gastéropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Gastéropodes, proposé d'après l'examen anatomique et physiologique des genres Zéphyrine (<i>Zephyrina</i> Nob.), Actéon (<i>Acteon</i> Oken), Actéonie (<i>Acteoniæ</i> Nob.), Amphorine (<i>Amphorina</i> Nob.), Pavois (<i>Pelta</i> Nob.), Chalide (<i>Chalidis</i> Nob.). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> ser. 3, 1: 129-183, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13407269 [details]
original description (of Acteonia Quatrefages, 1844) Quatrefages J.L.A. de. (1844). Sur les Gastéropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Gastéropodes, proposé d'après l'examen anatomique et physiologique des genres Zéphyrine (<i>Zephyrina</i> Nob.), Actéon (<i>Acteon</i> Oken), Actéonie (<i>Acteoniæ</i> Nob.), Amphorine (<i>Amphorina</i> Nob.), Pavois (<i>Pelta</i> Nob.), Chalide (<i>Chalidis</i> Nob.). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> ser. 3, 1: 129-183, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13407269
page(s): 142-145 [details]
original description (of Cenia Alder & Hancock, 1848) Alder J. & Hancock A. (1848). On a proposed new order of Gasteropodous Mollusca. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History</i>, (2)1: 401-415, pl. 19-20, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22194303
page(s): 404 [details]
original description (of Pontolimax F. Müller, 1848) Müller F. 1848. Zur Kenntniss des Furchungsprocesses im Schneckeneie. <i>Archiv für Naturgeschichte</i>, 14(1): 1-6, pl. 1., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6923105
page(s): 1 [details]
original description (of Ictis Alder & Hancock, 1847) Alder J & Hancock A. (1847). Notes on British mollusca, with descriptions of new species. <em>The Atheneum.</em> 748.
page(s): 748 [details]
basis of record Jensen, K.R. (2007). Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). <em>Bonner Zoologische Beiträge.</em> 55: 255–281., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Bonner-Zoologische-Beitraege_55_0255-0281.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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| Dutch | schorreslakken | [details] |
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