Berthelinia limax
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| genus = Berthelinia
| species = limax
| authority = (Kawaguti & Baba, 1959)
| synonyms = Tamanovalva limax Kawaguti & Baban, 1959 (basionym)
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Berthelinia limax is a species of a sea snail with a shell comprising two separate hinged pieces or valves. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Juliidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Berthelinia limax (Kawaguti & Baba, 1959). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492592 on 2012-03-09
Distribution
The type locality for this species is Seto, Aichi, Japan.Jensen K. R. (November 2007). [http://www.zfmk.de/BZB/BzB_55_3_05_Jensen.pdf "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005002824/http://www.zfmk.de/BZB/BzB_55_3_05_Jensen.pdf |date=2013-10-05 }}. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.
Berthelinia limax is found in Pacific localities such as Japan, Australia, California, Hawaii, Jamaica in the Atlantic, and more recently in the Indian Ocean region.{{Cite journal|last=Rao|first=K. Prabhakara|date=October 1965|title=Record of the Bivalve Gastropod Berthelinia limax (Kawaguti and Baba 1959) from the Indian Ocean|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=208|issue=5008|pages=404–405|bibcode=1965Natur.208..404R|doi=10.1038/208404a0|issn=1476-4687}}