Limatula simillima (Thiele, 1912)

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 : 2648-2649

Limatula simillima (Thiele, 1912)

Type locality: Gauss sta., East Indian Antarctic Basin, 235–786 m.

Syntypes: ZMB No. 63092 .

Lima (Limatula) simillima Thiele, 1912: 226 , pl. 17, figure 4 ; Thiele, 1920: 54, pl. 10, figure 1 ; Lamy, 1931: 263.

Limatula simillima Soot-Ryen, 1951: 20 ; Powell, 1958: 177; Powell, 1960: 176; Clarke, 1961: 379; Dell, 1964: 185; Nicol, 1966: 46, pl. 4, figure 8 ; Stuardo, 1968: 220; Fleming, 1978: 30; Dell, 1990: 53, figure 97; Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 1989: 162, pl. 3, figure 23 and pl. 6, figure 23 ; Page and Linse, 2002: 819; Linse and Page, 2003: 290, figures 1G , 2 .

Figures

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. 1. Limatula subovata. Sta. 87, lateral view of a shell from the left side. 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. 23. Limatula celtica. Sta. Incal DS16, dorsal view of shell. 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.