Limea sarsi Lovén, 1846

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 : 2652-2653

Limea sarsi Lovén, 1846

Type locality: Varangerenfjord, Vadsö, Norway.

Holotype: SMNH No. 2003.

Limea sarsii Lovén, 1846: 186 ; Adams and Adams, 1858: 558, pl. CXXVIII, figure 2, 2a ; Chenu, 1862: 189, figure 960.

Lima sarsii Jeffreys, 1864: 78 , pl. 25, figure 1 ; Sowerby in Reeve, 1872: figure 20 ; Jensen, 1912: 46, pl. II, figure 11a–d ; Gordon, 1901: 5, pl. 5, figure 44 ; Greig, 1913: 29.

Limatula crassa Sars, G. O., 1878: 26 .

Limaea sarsii Tryon, 1884: 287 , pl. 132, figure 134.

Lima (Limatula) sarsii Kobelt, 1888: 443 ; Sturany, 1896: 21.

Lima (Limatula) sarsi Jeffreys, 1879: 562 .

Lima scabrella MacAndrew ?

Lima sarsi Locard, 1898: 419 (in part); Friele and Greig, 1901: 7.

Lima (Limea) crassa Thiele, 1920: 57 , pl. 10, figures 8 , 9 .

Radula (Limea) crassa Dautzenberg, 1927: 252 .

Limea crassa Lamy, 1931: 264 (in part).

Limea sarsi Tebble, 1966 (in part): 69.

Notolimea sarsii Bowden and Heppell, 1966: 107 , 121.

Limea (Gemellima) sarsi Stuardo, 1968: 270 , pl. 19, figure 32 .

Notolimea sarsi Lucas, 1980: 4 , figured.

( Limea barbadensis , named by Stuardo (1968) as a new species from SUI exp. Sta. 18 off Telegraph Station, Barbados, 55–127 m (USNM No. 503574) in his PhD thesis (p. 255, pl. 17, figure 5 ), but never published.)

( Limea pseudolata , named by Stuardo (1968) as a new species from Eolis sta. 322 off, Sand Key , Florida, 264 m ( USNM No. 458537) in his PhD thesis (p. 255, pl. 17, figure 1 ), but never published.)

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. 1. Limatula subovata. Sta. 87, lateral view of a shell from the left side. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 20. Limatula smithi. Sta. 189, semi-diagrammatic view of the anatomy from the right side. Scale bar: 1 mm.

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. 44. Limea argentinea. Sta. 237, (a) semi-diagrammatic view of the anatomy from the right side of a juvenile specimen; (b) ventral view of the lips of the specimen in figure 42. Scale bars: 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. 9. Limatula subovata. Population size histograms of four stations from which w 100 specimens were collected.

FIG. 32. Limatula laminifera. Sta. 118, lateral view of the left mantle margin to show disposition of the tentacles. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.

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