Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)

Allen, J. A., 2010, The Recent species of the genera Limatula and Limea (Bivalvia, Limacea) present in the Atlantic, with particular reference to those in deep water, Journal of Natural History 38 (20), pp. 2591-2653 : 2649-2650

Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)

Type locality: off coast of Devon in deep water .

Type: not traced.

Pecten subauriculatus Montagu, 1808: 29 , 63, figure 2 (non Turton, 1819).

Lima nivea Risso, 1826: 306 (non Brocchi, 1814); Nyst, 1835: 17; Philippi, 1836: 78, pl. 2; Nyst, 1843: 281, pl. XXI, figure 4a–c .

Ostrea subauriculata Wood, 1828: 7 , pl. 2, figure 5 .

Lima subauriculata Fleming, 1828: 388 ; Sowerby, 1843: 84, pl. XXII, figure 23 ; Lovén, 1846: 32; MacAndrew, 1850: 274, 276, 303; MacAndrew, 1854: 7, 9, 10, 13, 15, 21, 29, 36; MacAndrew, 1856: 112, 143; Dickie, 1857: 107; Jeffreys, 1864: 82, 169, pl. XXV; Jeffreys, 1869: figure 2 ; Saussaye, 1869: 74; Hidalgo, 1870: 124, pl. 57b, figure 10 ; Sowerby in Reeve, 1872, pl. V, figure 22 ; Verkrüzen, 1877: 54; Brown, 1878: 8; Jeffreys, 1880: 315; Locard, 1886: 505; Locard, 1892: 355; Watson, 1897: 290; Locard, 1898: 416; Locard, 1899: 177; Gordon, 1901: 5, pl. 5, figure 46 ; Jensen, 1912: 42; pl. 2, figure 6a–c ; Rendall, 1956: 184; Filatova, 1957: 52; Clarke, 1962: 61; Seaward, 1990: 72.

Lima (Limatula) subauriculata Lovén, 1846: 186 ; Mörch, 1867: 98; Mörch, 1868: 226; Kobelt, 1878: 375, pl. III, figure 9 ; Kobelt, 1888: 444; Sturany, 1896: 21; Thiele, 1920: 40, pl. 8, figure 9 ; Oldroyd, 1924: 22, pl. 1, figure 10 ; Thiele, 1928: 614; Lamy, 1931: 245; Glibert, 1945: 90, pl. II, figure 11 ; Filotova, 1948: 426, pl. 107, figure 9 ; Heering, 1950a: 52; Heering, 1950b: 16, pl. VI, figures 143, 144; Williams, 1954: 90; Ockelmann, 1958: 73; Tebble, 1966: 68, figure 28a, b ; Golikov and Scarlato, 1967: 97, figure 82.

Lima subauricula Philippi, 1844: 56 .

Limatula elongata Forbes, 1844: 146 , 192; Fleming, 1978: 22.

Lima sulculus Lovén, 1846: 186 ; Asbjørnsen, 1853: 325, 353; Sars, M., 1859: 53, 74; Daniellson, 1859: 21.

Lima conclusa ‘‘Beck, 1847’’: 114 (see Lamy, 1931: 246).

Lima unicostata Leach, 1852: 348 .

Limea subauriculata Monterosato, 1872: 18 ; Monterosato, 1878: 65; Monterosato, 1881: 3.

Lima (Limea) subauriculata Monterosato, 1875: 9 .

Limatula sulculus Mörch, 1857: 22 , 94; Mörch in Jones, 1875: 133.

Limatula subauriculata Sars, G. O., 1878: 26 ; Dautzenberg, 1891: 609; Posselt, 1898: 17; Whiteaves, 1901: 119; Odhner, 1910: 16; Dall, 1921: 20; Oldroyd, 1924: 64; Johnson, 1934: 27; Oyama, 1943: 19, pl. 1 figure 17 ; Kurudo and Kinoshita, 1951: 25; La Roque, 1953: 36; Habe, 1958: 268, pl. 11, figure 31 ; Scarlato, 1960: 120, pl. 5, figure 5 ; Bowden and Heppell, 1966: 107; Stuardo, 1968: 228, pl. 13, figure 52; Abbott, 1974: 454; Fleming, 1978: 30, 41, figures 7 , 8 ; Scarlato, 1981: 270, figure 48; Høisaeter, 1986: 117; Hayward and Ryland, 1990: 750; Smith and Heppell, 1991: 61; Poppe and Goto, 1993: 77, pl. 12, figure 8a, b .

Radula subauriculata Pruvot, 1897: 595 ; Dautzenberg and Fischer, 1925: 111; Cornet and Marche-Marchad, 1951: 55.

Radula (Limatula) subauriculata Cerulli-Irelli, 1907: 87 , pl. IV, figures 40–42 ; Dautzenberg, 1927: 249.

Lima (Limatula) simillima Thiele, 1912: 226 , pl. 17, figure 4 .

Limatula cf subauriculata Dell, 1964: 185 .

Limatula subauriculata subauriculata Nordsieck, 1969: 57 , pl. IX, figure 36.10 ; Barsotti, 1975: 4, figured.

Limatula subauricolata Lucas, 1980: 4 , figured.

Figures

FIG. 2. Limatula subovata. Sta. 87, internal views of the grooves and ridges close to the ventral margin of the right and left valves. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.

FIG. 4. Limatula subovata. Sta. 87, semi-diagrammatic drawing of a partially opened shell to show the arrangement of the tentacles on the mantle margin. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 5. Limatula subovata. Sta. 87, posterior view of the anatomy of a juvenile specimen with the shell removed. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 23. Limatula celtica. Sta. Incal DS16, dorsal view of shell. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 10. Limatula louiseae. Sta. 331, lateral view of a shell from the right side. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 22. Limatula celtica. Sta. Incal DS16, lateral view of shell from the left side. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 46. SEM photographs of species of Limatula and Limea. (a) Limatula thalassae; (b) Limatula laminifera; (c) Limea lirata; (d) Limea sarsi.

FIG. 6. Limatula subovata. Sta. DS 02, detail of right demibranch. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 9. Limatula subovata. Population size histograms of four stations from which w 100 specimens were collected.

FIG. 11. Limatula louiseae. Sta. 331, (a) internal view of the hinge of a right valve; (b) dorsal view of a shell—note holes (black) in shell at position of the prodissoconchs. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIG. 28. Limatula thalassae. Sta. z397, semi-diagrammatic views of the left and right mantle margins to show disposition of the tentacles. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 17. Limatula smithi. Sta. 191, lateral view of shell from right side. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 31. Limatula laminifera. Sta. 118, semi-diagrammatic view of the anatomy from the left side. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 7. Limatula subovata. Sta. 87, detail of the anatomy in the region of the anal tentacle and suprabranchial cavity. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 8. Limatula subovata. Sta. 87, semi-digrammatic drawing to show the disposition of the major ganglia and their commissures. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 40. Limea sarsi. Sta. z397, semi-diagrammatic internal view of the detached left mantle and gill. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 41. Limea sarsi. Sta. z397, semi-diagrammatic internal view of right mantle and viscera of the specimen illustrated in figure 40. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 42. Limea argentinea. Sta. 237, lateral view of the right valve of the type specimen. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 36. Limea lirata. Sta. 119, (a) lateral view of the shell from the right side; (b) internal view of the hinge. Scale bars: 1 mm.