Limatula pygmaea (Philippi, 1845)

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 : 2647-2648

Limatula pygmaea (Philippi, 1845)

Type locality: Magellan Strait.

Type: not known (not in ZMB).

Lima pygmaea Philippi, 1845: 56 ; Thiele, 1912: 251, pl. 17, figure 8 ; Carcelles, 1944a: 469; Carcelles, 1944b: 276; Carcelles, 1947: 7, figure 3 ; Fischer-Piette, 1973: 241.

Limea martiali Rochebrune and Mabille, 1889: 124 .

Limatula falklandica A. Adams, 1864: 509 ; Dall, 1908: 409; Dell, 1964: 183; Fleming, 1978: 22.

Lima falklandica Sowerby in Reeve, 1872, pl. V, figure 24 .

Radula (Limatula) pygmaea Smith, 1879: 191 , pl. IX, figure 16 ; Lamy, 1906a: 15; Lamy, 1906b: 48; Lamy, 1911: 22.

Lima (Limatula) pygmaea Smith, 1885: 292 ; Melvill and Standen, 1907: 148; Lamy, 1931: 260.

Limatula pygmaea Dall, 1908: 408 ; Carcelles, 1950: 77; Carcelles and Williamson, 1951: 332; Powell, 1951: 61; Carcelles, 1953: 215; Powell, 1960: 176; Dell, 1964: 182, pl. 2, figure 13 ; Castellanos, 1967: 206, pl. XV, figure 3 ; Arnaud, 1973: 557; Gaillard, 1974: 8; Fleming, 1978: 28; Page and Linse, 2002: 819; Linse and Page, 2003: 290, figures 1a–c , 2 .

Lima (Limatula) ovalis Theile, 1912: 226 , pl. 17, figure 5a, b ; Fleming, 1978: 27; Page and Linse, 2002: 819; Linse and Page, 2003: 290, figures 1a , 2 .

Lima (Limatula) falklandica Thiele, 1920: 55 , pl. 10, figures 5–7 ; Thiele and Jaeckel, 1931: 167.

Limaria pygmaea Soot-Ryen, 1959: 33 .

Limea (Gemellima) pygmaea Stuardo, 1968: 269 , pl. 19, figure 27 .

Limatula (Squamilma) pygmaea Fleming, 1978: 82 , figure 98.

Limatula (Antarctolima) pygmaea Dell, 1990: 55 .

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. 3. Limatula subovata. Sta. 87, (a) internal view of the hinge of a left valve; (b) dorsal veiw of a shell to show external detail of the hinge. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 24. Limatula celtica. Sta. Incal DS16, semi-diagrammatic views of the anatomy: (a) left mantle and viscera; (b) right mantle; (c) excised right demibranch. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 16. Limatula margaretae.Sta. Incal OS05, semi-diagrammatic drawing of the right mantle margin. Scale bar: 1mm.

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

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

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

FIG. 27. Limatula thalassae. Sta. z416, internal view of the hinge of the right valve. Scale bar: 1 mm.