Limatula saturna F.R. Bernard, 1978

Suarez-Mozo, Nancy Yolimar, Gracia, Adriana & Valentich-Scott, Paul, 2018, A new species of Malletia (Bivalvia, Malletiidae) and new records of deep-water bivalves from Pacific Southern Colombia, ZooKeys 762, pp. 13-31 : 13

Limatula saturna F.R. Bernard, 1978 Fig. 6

Examined material.

2 live specimens EA335 (1.7499°N, 79.5017°W) at 866 m (INV MOL9772).

New location.

Colombian Pacific.

Distribution.

U.S.A. to Mexico ( Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012).

Remarks.

Limatula saturna has been documented from Alaska to northern Mexico from 20-675 m ( Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012).The Colombian specimens represent the first record for South America. Very recently (i.e., March 2018), this species has been observed in the region of Lambayeque, Peru (Valentich-Scott, pers. obs.).