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Limatula Wood 1839

  • 1. Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Fundão, 21941 - 590 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Avenida São Francisco Xavier 524, Maracanã, 20550 - 900 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Description

Limatula Wood, 1839

Type species: Pecten subauriculatus Montagu, 1808

Description: Shell small, white or glassy, usually fragile, somewhat elongated and oblique, inflated, often with axial ornamentation, beaks prominent, small auricles usually present, internal median groove may be present, hinge without teeth.

Notes

Published as part of Oliveira, Cléo Dilnei De Castro & Absalão, Ricardo Silva, 2008, The genera Limatula and Limea (Mollusca, Pelecypoda, Limidae) from deep waters off Brazil, pp. 48-58 in Zootaxa 1940 on page 49

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Wood
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Limoida
Family
Limidae
Genus
Limatula
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Limatula Wood, 1839 sec. Oliveira & Absalão, 2008