Gastropoda - Thecosomata - Limacinidae
Synonym: Lornia Marwick 1926
Parent taxon: Limacinidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Maxwell 1992, Sepkoski 2002, Squires et al. 1999, Wienrich and Janssen 2007 and Zorn 1997
Sister taxa: Altaspiratella, Currylimacina, Embolus, Heliconoides, Pakistania, Spirialis
Subtaxa: Limacina (Striolimacina) Limacina bulimoides Limacina conica Limacina gormani Limacina karasawai Limacina mercinensis Limacina pygmaea Limacina trochiformis Limacina valvatina Limacina vegrandis Lornia limata
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Italy (1), Japan (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Costa Rica (4), the Dominican Republic (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Jamaica (1), Panama (5), Portugal (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Belgium (1), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (6), France (12), Germany (31), Greece (1), Italy (1), the Netherlands (2), Panama (1), United States (1: Washington)
• Oligocene of France (2), Japan (3), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: Mississippi, Washington)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), France (7), New Zealand (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Washington)
Total: 101 collections including 152 occurrences
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