North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Limapontia G. Johnston, 1836

AphiaID

138123 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138123)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Limapontia nigra G. Johnston, 1835 accepted as Limapontia capitata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (type by monotypy)

Type taxon of

Limapontiidae J. E. Gray, 1847

Parent

Limapontiidae J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Limapontia G. Johnston, 1836

Synonymised names

Actaeonia [sic] · unaccepted

Acteonia Quatrefages, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cenia Alder & Hancock, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Chalidis Quatrefages, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pontolimax F. Müller, 1848 · unaccepted (unjustified emendation of...)

unjustified emendation of Limapontia Johnston, 1836

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Species Limapontia capitata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Species Limapontia depressa Alder & Hancock, 1862
Species Limapontia senestra (Quatrefages, 1844)
Species Limapontia cornuta Giard, 1873 accepted as Limapontia senestra (Quatrefages, 1844) (synonym)
Species Limapontia nigra G. Johnston, 1835 accepted as Limapontia capitata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Johnston, G. (1836). Illustrations in British Zoology. Magazine of Natural History 9:79-83, figs. 14-16. (ii-1836), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2293003 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limapontia G. Johnston, 1836. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138123 on 2026-06-09

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Limapontia G. Johnston, 1836. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138123 on 2026-06-09

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2005-04-15 07:47:28Z

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Cuvelier, Daphne

2011-08-18 19:01:56Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2020-01-26 23:51:41Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2024-12-07 01:56:56Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2024-12-08 19:00:10Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2024-12-08 20:21:56Z

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original description Johnston, G. (1836). Illustrations in British Zoology. Magazine of Natural History 9:79-83, figs. 14-16. (ii-1836), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2293003 [details]

original description (of Chalidis Quatrefages, 1844) Quatrefages J.L.A. de. (1844). Sur les Gastéropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Gastéropodes, proposé d'après l'examen anatomique et physiologique des genres Zéphyrine (Zephyrina Nob.), Actéon (Acteon Oken), Actéonie (Acteoniæ Nob.), Amphorine (Amphorina Nob.), Pavois (Pelta Nob.), Chalide (Chalidis Nob.). Annales des Sciences Naturelles. ser. 3, 1: 129-183, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13407269 [details]

original description (of Acteonia Quatrefages, 1844) Quatrefages J.L.A. de. (1844). Sur les Gastéropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Gastéropodes, proposé d'après l'examen anatomique et physiologique des genres Zéphyrine (Zephyrina Nob.), Actéon (Acteon Oken), Actéonie (Acteoniæ Nob.), Amphorine (Amphorina Nob.), Pavois (Pelta Nob.), Chalide (Chalidis Nob.). Annales des Sciences Naturelles. ser. 3, 1: 129-183, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13407269
page(s): 142-145 [details]

original description (of Cenia Alder & Hancock, 1848) Alder J. & Hancock A. (1848). On a proposed new order of Gasteropodous Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (2)1: 401-415, pl. 19-20, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22194303
page(s): 404 [details]

original description (of Pontolimax F. Müller, 1848) Müller F. 1848. Zur Kenntniss des Furchungsprocesses im Schneckeneie. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 14(1): 1-6, pl. 1., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6923105
page(s): 1 [details]

basis of record Jensen, K.R. (2007). Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 55: 255–281., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Bonner-Zoologische-Beitraege_55_0255-0281.pdf [details]