Conus trunculus, Monts. Jour. Conch, 1899

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 : 59

trunculus , Conus [ Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791 ] ( Figures 21O, P )

1900: 401 [LI: 1145]—available name

Type material. MCZR –M–30032 —1 sh “ C. trunculus Monts. Jour. Conch 1899 , p. 401 (Kerinia)”// 1 sh “Spiaggia di Kerinia Feb. 1899 ”.

Type locality. Described from Kérinia ( Cyprus).

Remarks. Subsequently figured (Monterosato, 1917: pl. I, fig. 26). Settepassi (1985) figured the specimen from Kérinia as Conus mediterraneus trunculus Monterosato. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791 .

† tutus, Conus [ Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791 ]

1917: 25, pl. I, fig. 21 [LXVII: 1299, 1305, fig. 21]—available name

Type material. Not found

Type locality. Described from Bu Aìsa † ( Libya).

Remarks. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as taxon inquirendum. However, it should fall in the synonymy of Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791 as presently conceived [new synonymy].

Figures

FIGURE 21. A, B. Nassa approximans Monterosato, 1891, fossil of Monte Pellegrino (Sicily), H. 37.5 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–17857); C, D. Nassa ficaratiensis Monterosato, 1891, fossil of Ficarazzi (Sicily), H. 29.4 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–17860); E, F. Nassa glomus Monterosato, 1890, Sardinia, H. 15.3 mm (ex Tiberi coll.), with original label (MCZR–M–30031); G, H. Nassa johni Monterosato, 1889, Casablanca, (Morocco), H. 6 mm, with original label (MCZR–M– 8176); I, J. Nassa praelonga Monterosato, 1891, fossil of Monte Pellegrino (Sicily), H. 26.8 mm, with original label (MCZR– M–17830); K, L. Nassa ringicula Monterosato, 1890, San Vito lo Capo (Sicily), H. 5.2 mm, with original label (MCZR–M– 18093); M, N. Taranis emendata Monterosato, 1872, paralectotype, Palermo (Sicily) H. 6.27 mm, with original label (MCZR– M–16688); O, P. Conus trunculus Monterosato, 1899, Kerinia, Cyprus Island, H. 33.48 mm, with original label (MCZR–M– 30032).