Limapontia capitata

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

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
Synonyms[1]
  • Fasciola capitata O. F. Müller, 1774
  • Chalidis coerulea Quatrefages, 1844
  • Limapontia nigra Johnston, 1836
  • Pontolimax varians Meyer & Möbius, 1865

Limapontia capitata ocuurs on the coasts of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, including the Baltic Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea.[2][3]

The type locality is the Baltic Sea.[4]

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.[5]

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.[5]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-SA-3.0 text from the reference [5]

  1. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Limapontia capitata (O.F. Müller, 1774)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. "Limapontia capitata (O. F. Müller, 1774)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2021). "Limapontia capitata" in SeaLifeBase. April 2021 version.
  4. Jensen K. R. (2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)" (PDF). Bonner zoologische Beiträge. 55 (3–4): 255–281. Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
  5. 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


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