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Limacinidae: Limacina antarctica (Woodward, 1854) (‘Antarctic sea-butterfly’)
Synonym(s): antarctica Woodward, 1854.
Typical shell-length 1.0 mm. Lives in offshore waters in midwater. Native. Occurs in southeastern Australia (TAS only); also widespread in polar and subpolar waters of both hemispheres.
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Thecosomata
Superfamily: Cavolinioidea
Family: Limacinidae
Genus: Limacina
Localities for Limacina antarctica
![species image](https://molluscsoftasmania.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Limacina-antarctica_a.jpg)
![species image](https://molluscsoftasmania.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Limacina-antarctica_b.jpg)
![species image](https://molluscsoftasmania.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Limacina-antarctica_d.jpg)
![locality map](https://molluscsoftasmania.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Limacina-antarctica.jpg)
![species image](https://molluscsoftasmania.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Limacina-antarctica_c.jpg)
![species image](https://molluscsoftasmania.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Limacina-antarctica_e.jpg)