Pseudofusus labronicus, , Pseudofusus

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 : 57

labronicus, Pseudofusus [ Fusinus labronicus (Monterosato, 1884) ] ( Figures 20M, N )

1884h: 117 [XXXI: 773]—available name

Type material. MCZR–M–30029 – 1 sh “ Pseudofusus labronicus Monts ” “Livorno al Faro”

Type locality. Described from Livorno ( Italy) and Gorgona Is.

Remarks. Buzzurro & Russo (2007: 69) considered it a valid species, an opinion that we share. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as Fusinus labronicus (Monterosato, 1884) .

latiroides, Pseudofusus (ex Di Blasi ms.) [ Fusinus rostratus (Olivi, 1792) ] ( Figures 20O, P )

1890c: 182 [XXXVIII: 916]—as Fusus rostratus var. latiroides— available name

Type material. MCZR–M–17369 —37 sh “ Pseudofusus , latiroides, Di Blasi Ficarazzi !!”

MCZR –M–17365 —4 sh “ Pseudofusus latiroides, Di Blasi Foss. Mont. Pellegrino ”

MCZR–M–17448 —1 sh “Arenella”// 1 sh “ Fusus latiroides del Di Bl. Sardegna ”// 3 sh “ F. latiroides Monts Palermo ”// 1 sh “ Pseudofusus latiroides fondi corallig. Palermo”// 3 sh “ latiroides Di Blasi Palermo !!”// 1 sh “ Fusus latiroides Di Blasi ms. Palermo raro. Il vero F. rostratus è rarissimo nel Medit.”

Type locality. Described Monte Pellegrino †, Ficarazzi † and Palermo (Sicily) , Sardegna ( Italy), coasts of Provence ( France) .

Remarks. Settepassi (1985) figured a syntype from Palermo as Fusinus (Fusinus) rostratus latiroides Di Blasi in Monterosato. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Fusinus rostratus (Olivi, 1792) .

Figures

FIGURE 20. A, B. Vermetus spirintortus Monterosato, 1892, Algeria, L. 2.4 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–21264); C, D. Vermetus verrucosus Monterosato, 1878, Aspra, Palermo (Sicily), L. 56.5 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–5796). E, F. Pollia coccinea Monterosato, 1884, Palermo (Sicily), H. 15.5 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–30028); G, H. Columbella cuneata Monterosato, 1892, Sfax (Tunisia), H. 19.94 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–18594); I, J. Mitrella hidalgoi Monterosato, 1889, Cadiz (Morocco) H. 6.5 mm (ex Hidalgo coll.), with original labels (MCZR–M–18486); K, L. Pseudofusus gigliolii Monterosato, 1890, ‘Spedizione italiana del Washington’, H. 23.0 mm, with original label (recto-verso) (MCZR–M– 17431); M, N. Pseudofusus labronicus Monterosato, 1884, Livorno (Italy), H. 13.3 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M– 30029); O, P. Pseudofusus latiroides Monterosato, 1890 ex Di Blasi ms., fossil of Monte Pellegrino (Sicily), H. 28.2 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–17365); Q–S. Pseudofusus parvulus Monterosato, 1884, paralectotypes, Palermo (Sicily), H. 11.1 mm and H. 12.6 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–17464); T, U. Trophon rusticulus Monterosato, 1880, coasts of Barberia (Tunisia), H. 9.2 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–17419).