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Topic: Limacina trochiformis


  
  Limacina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The sea butterflies from the family Limacinidae (Blainville, 1823) have evolved from fossils from the Middle Miocene.
Shell sizes and thicknesses vary within Limacina, but they are still large enough to fit the snail.
In arctic and temperate waters, the diameter of the shell does not superseed 15 mm.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Limacina   (331 words)

  
 Euthecosomatous Pteropods (Mollusca) in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea: Seasonal Distribution and Species ...
The first is restricted to the deeper-water areas of the South China Sea, while the second occurs in both the Gulf of Thailand (a shallow, estuarine environment) and all of the South China Sea.
It does not occur in the low salinity, high temperature, low oxygen environment of the Gulf of Thailand and the extent of its penetration of the Sunda Shelf area of the southern South China Sea varies with season.
Group B, consisting of Diacria quadridentata, Hyalocylis striata, and Limacina trochiformis, is less tolerant of extreme Gulf conditions than the following Group, C, and tends to be concentrated in the central, deeper area of the Gulf of Thailand.
repositories.cdlib.org /sio/naga/4pt6   (452 words)

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