Limapontia capitata

Limapontia capitata

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Limapontia capitata
Limapontia capitata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Sacoglossa
clade Placobranchacea
Superfamily: Limapontioidea
Family: Limapontiidae
Genus: Limapontia
Species: L. capitata
Binomial name
Limapontia capitata
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chalidis coerulea Quatrefages, 1844
  • Limapontia nigra Johnston, 1836
  • Planaria limacina Fabricius

Limapontia capitata is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Limapontiidae.

The type locality is Baltic Sea.[2]

Taxonomy

According to Pruvot-Fol (1954) and Abbott (1974) this species should be named as Limopontia nigra (Müller, 1773). Other authors however prefer the name Limopontia capitata (Müller, 1774) and then Limopontia nigra Johnston, 1836 should be regarded a synonym of Limopontia capitata.[1]

In contrast to Pruvot-Fol (1954), but according to Thompson (1976), Gascoigne (1978), McKay & Smith (1979) and Cattaneo & Barletta (1984) Limopontia capitata and Limopontia depressa are considered as two separate species.[1]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-SA-3.0 text from the reference [1]

  1. ^ a b c d WoRMS (2010). Limapontia capitata (O.F. Müller, 1774). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140229 on 2010-12-28
  2. ^ Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.


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