Limatula ovata Wood, 1839

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

Limatula ovata Wood, 1839

Type locality: not traced. Type: not traced. Limatula ovata Wood, 1839: 235 ; Wood, 1851: 48, pl. 7, figure 5 . Lima (Limatula) ovata Dollfus and Dautzenberg, 1920: 448 , pl. VII, figure 5 . Radula (Limatula) ovata Cerulli-Irelli, 1907: 88 , pl. IV, figure 44 ; Cerulli-Irelli,

1909: 192, pl. XXIII, figures 2 , 3 .

Limatula ovata Glibert, 1957: 32 , pl. 1, figure 12 ; Fleming, 1978: 27; Lucas, 1980: 6,

figured. Limatula ovata ovata Nordsieck, 1969: 57 .

Figures

FIG. 5. Limatula subovata. Sta. 87, posterior view of the anatomy of a juvenile specimen with the shell removed. Scale bar: 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. 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. 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. 12. Limatula louiseae. Sta. 331, semi-diagrammatic drawing of the anatomy from the left side. Scale bar: 1 mm.