Epidromus gladiolus, , Epidromus

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 : 64

gladiolus, Epidromus [ Aspella anceps (Lamarck, 1822) ] ( Figures 24E, F )

1880b: 226 [XXVI: 524]—available name

Type material. MCZR–M–8324 —1 sh “ Epidromus gladiolus n. sp. Alessandria (Lhotellerie)”. Label on the bottom: “ Epidromus gladiolus Monterosato n. sp. C. d’Africa nelle spugne”

Type locality. Described from Alexandria ( Egypt).

Remarks. Gaglini (1987a) figured the specimen from Alexandria as Epidromus gladiolus Monterosato indicating the synonymy with A. anceps . Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Aspella anceps (Lamarck, 1822) .

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).