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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Limopsoidea: Limopsidae

Limopsis spicata Oliver & Allen, 1980


Range: 36.09°S to 36.21°S; 52.71°W to 52.3°W
Depth: 2048 to 2440 m (live 2440 to 2048 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 7.5  mm

Details


Limopsis spicata Oliver & Allen, 1980b, p. 105, figs. 26a-b, 27-28
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Atlantis II, sta. 262, off Argentina, 36°05.2'S, 52°17.9'W, 2440-2480 m
Range: 36.09°S to 36.21°S; 52.71°W to 52.3°W
Depth: 2048 to 2440 m (live 2440 to 2048 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 7.5 mm
Distribution: Argentina
References: Oliver & Allen (1980b) DdLlNSEWM


Partial List of References

Oliver, [P.] G. and J. A. Allen. 1980. The functional and adaptive morphology of the deep-sea species of the family Limopsidae (Bivalvia: Arcoidea) from the Atlantic Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 291 77-125. [Stated date: 20 Nov 1980.]

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