ARGONAUTIDAE, Tryon, 1879

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 : 86-87

Family ARGONAUTIDAE

cygnus, Argonauta [Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758] ( Figures 40A, B )

1889c: 120 [XXXVI: 880]—available name

Type material. MCZR –M–30046— 1 sh “A. Cygnus Monts Jour. Conchyl. 1889 p. 119, 120”// 1 sh “Argonauta cygnus Monts Palermo! n. sp.”

MCZR –M–30047— 2 sh “1 più grande: A. cygnus Monts Palermo! Coll. Brugn.”

MCZR–M–30048— 1 sh “Arg. Cygnus var. monterosatoi Coen Palermo ”

Type locality. Described from the Mediterranean Sea

Remarks. A form figured subsequently (Monterosato, 1914b: pl. XI, fig. 2), usually regarded to fall within the morphological range of Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758, (e.g. Biagi, 1978: 130), and therefore listed among its synonyms (see, e. g., Sabelli et al., 1990 –1992: 347; CLEMAM: Gofas & le Renard, 2017; MolluscaBase, 2018).

ferussaci, Argonauta (ex Valenciennes ms.) [Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758]

1914b: 388; pl. XIII, unnumb. fig. [LXIV: 1243; 1248, unnumb. fig.]—available name

Type material. MNHN 5–11–1166 — Holotype ( Lu et al., 1995), Sicily .

Type locality. Sicily.

Remarks. Monterosato (1914b: 388) wrote he had examined the shell bearing Valenciennes’ manuscript name, stored “in Museo Parisiense”. Usually regarded as a form of Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758.

monterosatoi, Argonauta (ex Coen ms.) [Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758] ( Figures 40C, D )

1914b: 388, pl. XII, figs 1, 2 [LXIV: 1242, pl. XII, figs 1, 2]—available name

Type material. MCZR–M–30049 —2 sh “ A. intermedia Monts = monterosati Coen Milazzo ”

Type locality. Described from the Mediterranean Sea.

Remarks. This is the first valid introduction of the name, older than Coen (1915: 272; pl. 5, fig. 1), who refers to Monterosato (1914b). Usually regarded as a form of Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758, (e.g., CLEMAM: Gofas & Le Renard, 2017). Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758.

sebae, Argonauta (ex Valenciennes ms.) [Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758]

1914b: 387, pl. XI, fig. 1 [LXIV: 1241, pl. XI, fig. 1]—available name

Type material. Not found in MNHN ( Lu et al., 1995).

Type locality. Described from Adriatic Sea.

Remarks. Like the type of A. ferussaci , also the holotype of A. sebae should be in the MNHN, according to Monterosato (1914b: 387). Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758.

Figures

FIGURE 40. A, B. Argonauta cygnus Monterosato, 1889, Palermo (Sicily), H. 44.2 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M– 30036); C, D. Argonauta monterosatoi Monterosato, 1914 ex Coen ms, Milazzo (Sicily), H. 31.1 mm (ex Coen coll.) with original label (MCZR–M–30049); E, F. Dentalium brugnonei Monterosato, 1891, fossil of Ficarazzi (Sicily), H. 41.15 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–12947); G, H. Dentalium philippii Monterosato, 1872, fossil of Monte Pellegrino (Sicily), H. 97.2 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–12933); I–K. Dentalium tenuifissa Monterosato, 1884, Civitavecchia (Italy), H. 39.1 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–12950); L, M. Helonyx abyssicola Monterosato, 1878, Palermo (Sicily), H. 3.2 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–12932); N, O. Cadulus ovulum var. attenuata Monterosato, 1875, fossil of Ficarazzi (Sicily), (ex Brugnone coll.), H. 2.1 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–12924); P, Q. Helonyx jeffreysii Monterosato, 1875, Mediterranean Sea, H. 3.2 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–12918). R, S. Cadulus ovulinum Monterosato, 1891, fossil of Ficarazzi (Sicily), H. 2.5 mm, with original label (MCZR-M-30050).