Limatula subovata ( Jeffreys, 1876 )

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 : 2594

Limatula subovata ( Jeffreys, 1876)

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Figures

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

FIG. 6. Limatula subovata. Sta. DS 02, detail of right demibranch. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 7. Limatula subovata. Sta. 87, detail of the anatomy in the region of the anal tentacle and suprabranchial cavity. 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. 9. Limatula subovata. Population size histograms of four stations from which w 100 specimens were collected.