[f. mod.L. Limacinea, f. L. līmāc- (see prec.) + -AN.] In De Blainville’s classification, a slug belonging to the third family, Limacinea, of his Pulmobranchiata.
1839. Penny Cycl., XIII. 485/1. The second section of the Limacineans of M. de Blainville, or those which have the border of the mantle enlarged into a species of buckler.
