An empty valve of the Antarctic bivalve Limatula hodgsoni (E. A. Smith, 1907) was studied in January 2011 but only photographed in 2013. The shell was collected by Antarctic researcher Terry Palmer sometime in December 2010 (exact date not recorded), in the vicinity of McMurdo Station.

The shell is thin and fragile. It measures about 35 mm long. It was found empty at the bottom of the ocean (depth not provided, but within scuba diving range), while diving under sea ice. Terry said the bivalve is common locally and broken shells litter the bottom.

See more about the taxonomy of this species at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) at:
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197227