Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
A subarctic shelled pteropod of Atlantic arctic waters
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Foot modified into a pair of large pad-shapped lobes; Body often darkly pigmented; Left coiled shell with high spire; 6 to 9 transparent, striated shell whorls; Two subspecies occur, with Limacina retroversa retroversa occuring in the North Atlantic, within which 2 forma retroversa and balea are recognized
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Distribution
Bay of Fundy, Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone, Cape Verde, Caribbean Sea, Cuba, European waters (ERMS scope), Greek Exclusive Economic Zone, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of St. Lawrence, North Atlantic, North West Atlantic, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone, West Coast of Norway
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
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Christie, H.; Jørgensen, N.M.; Norderhaug, K.M.; Waage-Nielsen, E. (2003). Species distribution and habitat exploitation of fauna associated with kelp (Laminaria hyperborea) along the Norwegian Coast. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83(4): 687-699
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1291
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Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) data from the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS)
http://www.marinespecies.org/mollusca/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=138746
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Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=7027
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Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
http://www.marinespecies.org/mollusca/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1364
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Johnson CL, Runge JA, Curtis KA, Durbin EG, Hare JA, Incze LS, Link J, Melvin GD, O'Brien TD, Van Guelpen, L (in revision) Biodiversity and ecosystem function in the Gulf of Maine: pattern and role of zooplankton and pelagic nekton. PLoS One.
http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/masdea/masdea.php?p=sourcedetails&id=148111
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MEDIN (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN, version 1.0.
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149081
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Koukouras, Athanasios. (2010). Check-list of marine species from Greece. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Assembled in the framework of the EU FP7 PESI project.
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=142068
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Miloslavich P, Díaz JM, Klein E, Alvarado JJ, Díaz C, et al. (2010) Marine Biodiversity in the Caribbean: Regional Estimates and Distribution Patterns. PLoS ONE 5(8): e11916. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011916
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145466
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Miller, Roberta. 2012. The museum collection database, Fisheries and Oceans Canada digital collections, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Quebec
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=163928
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Arctic seas to Cape Cod, Massachusetts
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
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Ecology
Habitat
upper epipelagic and glacial
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
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Depth range based on 909 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 763 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 3848
Temperature range (°C): -0.746 - 18.695
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.496 - 24.188
Salinity (PPS): 30.843 - 38.757
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.148 - 7.833
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.079 - 1.819
Silicate (umol/l): 0.791 - 18.849
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 3848
Temperature range (°C): -0.746 - 18.695
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.496 - 24.188
Salinity (PPS): 30.843 - 38.757
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.148 - 7.833
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.079 - 1.819
Silicate (umol/l): 0.791 - 18.849
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 763 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 3848
Temperature range (°C): -0.746 - 18.695
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.496 - 24.188
Salinity (PPS): 30.843 - 38.757
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.148 - 7.833
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.079 - 1.819
Silicate (umol/l): 0.791 - 18.849
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 3848
Temperature range (°C): -0.746 - 18.695
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.496 - 24.188
Salinity (PPS): 30.843 - 38.757
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.148 - 7.833
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.079 - 1.819
Silicate (umol/l): 0.791 - 18.849
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Subpolar North Alantic, advected into Barents Sea, Icelandic and Greenlandic waters; Bipolar; Epipelagic (shallow dwelling); Often found in swarms
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Trophic Strategy
Mucus nets are produced on foot-wings to trap phytoplankton and small particles; Net is periodically eaten to acquire the food stuck to it; Animals must regularly swim upward to offset their sinking
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Life History and Behavior
Life Cycle
protandrous hermaphrodite (males first, then females later); Spermatophores used for sperm transfer; Eggs are released in ribbons during spring and summer spring that hatch into ciliated veligers; Generation times thought to be 1 year in the arctic and perhaps 2 per year in the subarctic
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Limacina retroversa
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
| Specimen Records: | 9 | Public Records: | 0 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 6 | Public Species: | 0 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 6 | Public BINs: | 0 |
| Species: | 1 | ||
| Species With Barcodes: | 1 | ||
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Wikipedia
Limacina retroversa
Limacina retroversa is a species of swimming predatory sea snail in the family Limacinidae,[3] that belong to the group commonly known as sea butterflies (Thecosomata).
There is one subspecies: Limacina retroversa australis (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840)
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Distribution
This marine species has a wide distribution:
- North Atlantic Ocean
- Northwest Atlantic Ocean
- European waters
- Mediterranean Sea
- Caribbean Sea
- Cape Verde
- Argentine Sea[4]
Ecology
Pteropod Clione limacina feeds only on genus Limacina: on Limacina helicina and on Limacina retroversa.[5]
References
- ^ Fleming J. (1823). "On a reversed species of Fusus (Fusus retroversus)". Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh, 4(2): 498-500, plate 15, figure 2.
- ^ "Limacina retroversa". CLEMAM, accessed 3 February 2011.
- ^ a b Gofas, S. (2011). Limacina retroversa. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140227 on 18 July 2012
- ^ Dadon J. R. & de Cidre L. L. (1992). "The reproductive cycle of the Thecosomatous pteropod Limacina retroversa in the western South Atlantic". Marine Biology 114: 439-442. doi:10.1007/BF00350035, PDF.
- ^ Lalli C. M. & Gilmer R. W. (1989). Pelagic Snails. The biology of holoplanktonic gastropod molluscs. Stanford University Press: Stanford, California. page 188.
- Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp.
- Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
- Bleakney, J.S. 1996. Sea slugs of Atlantic Canada and the Gulf of Maine. The Nova Scotia Museum Field Guide Series. Nimbus Publishing. Halifax. 216 p.
- Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- Janssen A.W. (2012) Late Quaternary to Recent holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from bottom samples of the eastern Mediterranean Sea: systematics, morphology. Bollettino Malacologico 48 (suppl. 9): 1-105.
Further reading
- Lebour M. V. (1932). "Limacina retroversa in Plymouth waters". J. mar. biol. Assoc. U.K. (ns)18(1): 123-129, 2 pls.
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