Murex brocchii

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 : 63-64

brocchii , Murex [ Hadriania craticulata Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882 ] ( Figures 24A, B )

1872a: 32 [V: 70]—available name

Type material. MCZR –M–7986 —2 sh “ Hadriana brocchii Monts. Marsala (Sicilia) ”.

Type locality. Described from Monte Pellegrino † and Ficarazzi † (Sicily) and Mediterranean Sea.

Remarks. Name introduced for Murex craticulatus Linnaeus, 1758 sensu Brocchi (1814) considered as a distinct species. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Hadriania craticulata Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882 .

cyclopus , Ocinebrina (ex Benoit ms.) [ Ocenebra edwardsii ( Payraudeau, 1826) ] ( Figures 24C, D

1872a: 33 [V: 71]—as M. costulatus Nardo, 1847 nomen nudum

1872b: 48 [VI: 130]—as synonym of M. edwardsii Payraudeau, 1826 —nomen nudum

1875b: 39 [XIII: 265]—as synonym of M. edwardsii Payraudeau, 1826 —nomen nudum

1878c: 101 [XIX: 415]—nomen nudum

1880b: 226 [XXVI: 524]—nomen nudum

1884h: 112 [XXXI: 768]—available name

Type material. MCZR–M–30033 —3 sh “ M. cyclopus Ben. ms. Palermo”// 3 sh “var = M. cyclopum Benoit Palermo” Brugnone’s handwrite.

Type locality. Described from coasts of Barberia ( Tunisia), Liguria (‘coasts of Piedmont’ ; Italy), Palermo (Sicily) and Algeria .

Remarks. Settepassi (1977) figured two syntypes as Ocinebrina (Ocinebrina) cyclopus Monterosato, 1884 (Benoit ms.). Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Ocenebra edwardsii ( Payraudeau, 1826) .

Figures

FIGURE 24. A, B. Murex brocchii Monterosato, 1872, Marsala (Sicily), H. 12.7 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–7986); C, D. Ocinebrina cyclopus Monterosato, 1884 ex Benoit ms., Palermo (Sicily), H. 13 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–30033); E, F. Epidromus gladiolus Monterosato, 1880, Alessandria (Egypt), H. 7.4 mm (ex Lhotellerie coll.), with original labels (MCZR–M–8324); G, H. Ocinebrina nicolai Monterosato, 1884, Lipari Is., H. 19.7 mm (ex Seguenza G. coll.), with original label (MCZR–M–30034); I, J. Pyrula panormitana Monterosato, 1869, Palermo (Sicily), H. 15.5 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–8032); K, L. Acteon candidulus Monterosato, 1923, Benghazi (Libya), H. 7.5 mm, with original label (MCZR–M– 16053); M, N. Pseudomalaxis actoni Monterosato,1913, Sardinia, D. 15.3 mm, with original label and drawings (MCZR–M– 21851); O, P. Pseudomalaxis centrifuga Monterosato, 1890, Madeira, D. 4.25 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–30035).