Pinna ensiformis, Monterosato, 1884

Appolloni, Massimo, Smriglio, Carlo, Amati, Bruno, Lugliè, Lorenzo, Nofroni, Italo, Tringali, Lionello P., Mariottini, Paolo & Oliverio, Marco, 2018, Catalogue of the primary types of marine molluscan taxa described by Tommaso Allery Di Maria, Marquis of Monterosato, deposited in the Museo Civico di Zoologia, Roma, Zootaxa 4477 (1), pp. 1-138 : 81

ensiformis , Pinna [ Pinna nobilis Linnaeus, 1758 ] ( Figure 36H )

1884h: 8 [XXXI: 664]—available name

Type material. Not found

Type locality. Described from Chioggia and Trieste ( Italy), and Palermo (Sicily).

Remarks. Lot 5368 could probably be part of the type material (6 sh from Chioggia) but there are now only the labels left. The specimens were arguably employed for the PBE (1976), and not returned to their original place. Pinna ensiformis is commonly listed among the synonyms of P. nobilis Linnaeus, 1758 (e.g.: Sabelli et al., 1990 – 1992: 285; CLEMAM: Gofas & Le Renard, 2015; MolluscaBase, 2018).

Figures

FIGURE 36. A, B. Gryphaea navicula Monterosato, 1884, Palermo (Sicily), 40.3 mm x 26.3 mm, with original label (MCZR– M–5504); C, D. Ostreola crustacea Monterosato, 1915, Palermo (Sicily), 56.5 mm x 48.9 mm, with original label (MCZR–M– 5492); E, F. Ostrea dianae Monterosato, 1915, Etang de Diane (France), 116 mm x 75.5 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M– 5664); G. Ostrea scaeva Monterosato, 1915, Palermo (Sicily), 72 mm x 82.2 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–5551); H. Pinna ensiformis Monterosato, 1884, only original label; I, J. Meleagrina savignyi Monterosato, 1884, Alessandria (Egypt), 42.6 mm x 42.2 mm (ex Lhotellerie coll), with original labels (MCZR–M–13835); K, L. Chama circinata Monterosato, 1878, Lipari Is., 35.5 mm x 31.8 mm (ex Seguenza G. coll.), with original label (MCZR–M–15270); M, N. Lepton lepisma Monterosato, 1878. Algiers (Algeria), 5.4 mm x 5.1 mm (ex Joly coll.), with original labels (MCZR–M–14683).