(d'Orbigny, 1836)

Diagnosis: Spire high, body whorl increasing rapidly in diameter. With up to 5, rapidly growing colorless whorls. Narrow deep umbilicus. Thicker parts along columella and upper aperture lip, purple-brown, smooth except for faint growth lines. Clear suture. Columellar aperture border slightly concave. Wing protrusions absent. Embryonic shell with spiral ornamentation of irregularly ramified flat ridges, depression separating protoconch I and II (Boltovskoy, 1974b). Protoconch I smooth, protoconch II with growth lines. Shell height 1 mm, width 0.8 mm; apical angle 75-96°.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Subphylum Aculifera
Class Gastropoda
Subclass Euthyneura
Order Thecosomata
Suborder Euthecosomata
Family Limacinidae
Genus Limacina
Subgenus Munthea
Species Limacina trochiformis

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Limacina trochiformis (d'Orbigny, 1836)

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