Limatula setifera Dall, 1881

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

Limatula setifera Dall, 1881

Type locality: Blake sta. 272, off Barbados,13 ‡ 04 ’ 12 @ N, 59 ‡ 36 ’ 45 @ W, 138 m ; also taken by Albatross sta. 2612. 34 ‡ 11.0 ’ N, 76 ‡ 10.5 ’ W, 95 m , sta. 2646, 25 ‡ 47.0 ’ N, 80 ‡ 05.0 ’ W, 155 m.

Lectoype: USNM No. 62252 chosen and figured by Stuardo (1976), other specimens USNM No. 622253 and No. 67968.

Limatula ovata Dall, 1881: 118 (non Wood, non Jeffreys).

Limatula setifera Dall, 1886: 225 ; Johnson, 1934: 27; Boss et al., 1968: 294; Stuardo, 1968: 225, pl. 16, figure 93; Abbott, 1974: 454, figure 5256; Fleming, 1978: 29.

Lima (Limatula) setifera Dall, 1890: 250 , pl. XIV, figure 10 ; Thiele, 1920: 47, pl. 9, figure 9 .

Limatula jeffreysi setifera Nordsieck, 1969: 58 .

Limatula jeffreysi var. setifera Lucas, 1980: 7 .

Figures

FIG. 10. Limatula louiseae. Sta. 331, 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.