Limacina retroversa

Limacina retroversa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Euopisthobranchia clade Thecosomata
Superfamily:	Cavolinioidea
Family:	Limacinidae
Genus:	Limacina
Species:	L. retroversa
Binomial name
*Limacina retroversa* (Fleming, 1823)
Synonyms
Fusus retroversus Fleming, 1823 Heterofusus alexandri Verrill, 1872 Heterofusus retroversus Fleming, 1823 Limacina balea Møller, 1841 Peracle flemingii Forbes, 1844 Scaea stenogyra Philippi, 1844 Spirialis australis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840 Spirialis balea (Møller, 1841) Spirialis jeffreysii Forbes & Hanley, 1849 Spirialis macandrewi Forbes & Hanley, 1849 Spirialis gouldii Stimpson, 1851 Spiralis retroversa Trochus lunaris Gmelin, 1791

Limacina retroversa is a species of swimming predatory sea snail in the family Limacinidae, that belong to the group commonly known as sea butterflies (Thecosomata).

There is one subspecies: Limacina retroversa australis (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840)

This marine species has a wide distribution:

Pteropod Clione limacina feeds almost entirely on genus Limacina: on Limacina helicina and on Limacina retroversa.