Limea crassa (Forbes, 1844)

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

Limea crassa (Forbes, 1844)

Type locality: Aegean Sea.

Syntypes: MCZ and USNM .

Lima crassa Forbes, 1844: 193 .

Lima (Limea) crassa Monterosato, 1875: 9 ; Theile and Jaeckel, 1931: 168.

Limea crassa Monterosato, 1878: 65 ; Monterosato, 1881: 3; Monterosato, 1882: 51; Lamy, 1931: 264 (in part).

Radula(Limatula)sarsii Cerulli-Irelli, 1909: 192 , pl. XXIII, figure 8 .

Limea sarsi Tebble, 1966 (in part): 69, figure 29 .

Notolimea crassa Barsotti, 1975: 3 , figured; Lucas, 1980: 3, figured; Poppe and Goto, 1993: 77, pl. 12, figure 13 ; Salas, 1994: 249, figures 8–12 .

Lima sarsi Locard, 1898: 419 (in part).

Figures

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. 29. Limatula laminifera. Sta. 118, lateral view of shell from the left side. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 13. Limatula margaretae. Sta. BGIV DS57, lateral view of a shell from the right side. Scale bar: 1 mm.

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

FIG. 10. Limatula louiseae. Sta. 331, lateral view of a shell 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. 12. Limatula louiseae. Sta. 331, semi-diagrammatic drawing of the anatomy from the left side. Scale bar: 1 mm.