Limacina lesueurii
Appearance
Limacina lesueurii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
Order: | Pteropoda |
Family: | Limacinidae |
Genus: | Limacina |
Species: | L. lesueurii
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Binomial name | |
Limacina lesueurii (d'Orbigny, 1836)
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Limacina lesueurii is a pelagic species of sea snail pteropod (sea butterfly).
History
[edit]The species was first documented in 1826. [1] They have migrated and are now spread across the north to central Atlantic Ocean, and Australasia. [2]
References
[edit]- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Limacina lesueurii (d'Orbigny, 1836)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ Polovodova Asteman, Irina; Kankainen, Max; Nordberg, Kjell; Lundin, Kennet (2022-03-01). "Too old to be new? A recent discovery of a pteropod Limacina lesueurii (d'Orbigny 1836) at the Swedish west coast (Skagerrak, North Sea)". Marine Micropaleontology. 171: 102083. doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2021.102083. ISSN 0377-8398.