LIMIDAE, Rafinesque, 1815

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 : 79

Family LIMIDAE

subovata, Lima [ Limatula subovata (Monterosato, 1875 ex Jeffreys ms.)] ( Figures 35I, J )

1875b: 9 [XIII: 235]—available name

Type material. MCZR–M–13127 — 5 v “Palermo 200—300 m ” “ Lima subovata, Jeffr. Varie località, anche Atlantica”

Type locality. Described from Palermo (Sicily) and Azores ( Atlantic ).

Remarks. There is a further lot (MCZR, unnumbered box) of 1 valve identified as L. subovata by Jeffreys, from Palermo, labelled by Brugnone (“ Lima subovata Jeffr. from Jeffr.”), and by Jeffreys (“1443 fms. P.”). Monterosato bought Brugnone’s collection after his death (1884), therefore there is no proof that this shell was part of the type material (but Monterosato has likely studied Brugnone’s collection before acquiring it). However, the morphology of the single valve fits very well the shell features of the type material, showing that both Monterosato and Jeffreys shared the same view on the species identity ( Lima subovata Jeffreys, 1876 , is separately available and has its own types in USNM). Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as Limatula subovata (Monterosato, 1875) .

Figures

FIGURE 35. A, B. Mytilaster solidus Monterosato, 1883, Etang d’Engrenier (France), 6.8 mm x 4.4 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–9552); C, D. Pecten intermedius Monterosato, 1899, Adriatic Sea, 43.7 mm x 47.4 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–13713); E, F. Proteopecten liburnicus Monterosato, 1899 ex Stossich ms., Narenta (Croatia), 61.5 mm x 66.4 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–13779); G, H. Monia glauca Monterosato, 1884, Napoli (Italy), 49.7 mm x 51.3 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–13047); I, J. Lima subovata Monterosato, 1872, Palermo (Sicily), 10.5 mm x 7 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–13127); K, L. Pycnodonta floribunda Monterosato, 1915, Palermo (Sicily), 58 mm x 42.6 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–5520); M, N. Pycnodonta frigida Monterosato, 1915, fossil of Ficarazzi (Sicily), 62 mm x 40.3 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–5588); O, P. Pycnodonta laticardo Monterosato, 1915, Palermo (Sicily), 55.9 mm x 54 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–5530).