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.

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