Limea pygmaea (Philippi, 1845)

Rosenfeld, Sebastian, Aldea, Cristian, Mansilla, Andres, Marambio, Johanna & Ojeda, Jaime, 2015, Richness, systematics, and distribution of molluscs associated with the macroalga Gigartina skottsbergii in the Strait of Magellan, Chile: A biogeographic affinity study, ZooKeys 519, pp. 49-100 : 73

Limea pygmaea (Philippi, 1845) Fig. 7D

Material examined.

4 spm (4 × 2.5 - 9 × 6 mm).

Synonymy.

See Aldea and Troncoso (2008).

Remarks.

Aldea and Troncoso (2010b) commented that this species is similar to Limatula ovalis (Thiele, 1912) but smaller and thinner. Both species present direct development through incubation ( Linse and Page 2003).

Distribution.

Magellanic: Smyth Channel ( Thiele 1912); Strait of Magellan, ( Húpe 1854, Lamy 1906a, Dell 1990): eastern micro-basin of the Strait of Magellan ( Ríos et al. 2003), Punta Santa María (this record), and Carlos III Island ( Aldea et al. 2011a); Orange Bay ( Rochebrune and Mabille 1889); Malvinas/Falkland Islands ( Dell 1964, Linse 1997), and Staten Island ( Dell 1990). WTSA: Uruguay ( Scarabino 2003b), and Buenos Aires Province ( Carcelles 1944). SO: South Shetland Islands ( Dell 1990, Narchi et al. 2002, Aldea and Troncoso 2008), Macquaire Island ( Powell 1960), Kerguelen Islands ( Smith 1879, Smith 1885, Thiele 1912, Thiele and Jaeckel 1931, Powell 1957, Troncoso et al. 2001), Marion and Prince Edward Islands ( Smith 1885, Branch et al. 1991).