| Limaria loscombi (Sowerby, 1824) |
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| Iceland & Norway to Angola, Azores to Mediterranean. Suspension feeder, on muddy or muddy gravel bottoms, on the shelf. Original taxon: Lima loscombii. Synonym: bullata. Sculpture made up of thin sharp ribs, which generate the crenulation on the margins, separated by one to three minute riblets. – 100-150m deep, on coralligenous bottom rich of Bryozoa, off Circeo promontory, Latina, Lazio, W. Italy. 6,5mm. |
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| Lima loscombi in J. Thiele: “Familia Limidae”, Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet, Bd.7:Abt.2a, Nürnberg 1920, via BHL. « Testa tenui, ventricosa, minutissime striata, fere clausa, oblique subovata, antice prope marginem ventralem subangulata ; area cardinali parva, auriculis subaequalibus obtusis. » |
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| A juvenile specimen collected at 65m deep, Saronic Gulf, E. Greece. 2,5mm. |
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| Adult from Scotland. 50m deep, 2.5' WNW of Dutchman’s Cap. 56°28'N - 06°32'W. Size 16,9mm. Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT) – (CC BY-NC-SA). |
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